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Mixodectes pungens

Osteichthyes - Mixodectidae

Taxonomy
Mixodectes pungens was named by Cope (1883). Its type specimen is A.M.N.H. No. 3081, a mandible (fragmentary left mandible with P3-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mixodectes.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Mixodectes pungens Cope p. 559
1883Mixodectes crassiusculus Cope p. 560
1902Mixodectes crassiusculus Hay p. 786
1902Mixodectes pungens Hay p. 787
1902Olbodotes copei Osborn pp. 205 - 206 figs. Figures 20, 20a
1902Mixodectes pungens Osborn pp. 206 - 207 figs. FIgures 30, 31
1902Mixodectes crassiusculus Osborn p. 207 figs. Figure 32
1930Mixodectes copei Hay p. 448
1930Mixodectes crassiusculus Hay p. 448
1930Mixodectes pungens Hay p. 448
1989Mixodectes pungens Gunnell p. 57

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
superfamilyMixodectoidea
familyMixodectidaeCope 1883
genusMixodectes
speciespungens

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.

†Mixodectes pungens Cope 1883
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Invalid names: Mixodectes crassiusculus Cope 1883 [synonym], Olbodotes copei Osborn 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.40000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.4 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Mixodectes pungens (14833 14835 14893 187009)