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Meizonyx salvadorensis

Osteichthyes - Megalonychidae

Taxonomy
Meizonyx salvadorensis was named by Webb and Perrigo (1985). Its type specimen is UF 27513, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranca del Sisimico, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial sandstone in the Cuscatlán Formation of El Salvador. It is the type species of Meizonyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Meizonyx salvadorensis Webb and Perrigo
2020Meizonyx salvadorensis McDonald et al.

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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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
Folivora
Eufolivora
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
genusMeizonyx
speciessalvadorensis

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.

Meizonyx salvadorensis Webb and Perrigo 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 23:30:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129El Salvador Meizonyx salvadorensis (type locality: 20152)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Oaxaca) Meizonyx salvadorensis (216965 216966)