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Eucosmodon primus

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae

Taxonomy
Eucosmodon primus was named by Sloan (1981) [raised to species]. Its type locality is Mammalon Hill, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Eucosmodon primus Sloan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyEucosmodontidaeJepsen 1940
genusEucosmodon
speciesprimus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Eucosmodon primus Sloan 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2005-09-01 17:43:16
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:43:16
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (New Mexico) Eucosmodon americanus (type locality: 14760)