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Neoplagiaulax burgessi

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Neoplagiaulax burgessi was named by Archibald (1982) [questionably referred]. Its type specimen is UCMP 116896, a tooth (left p4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flat Creek 5, which is in a Lancian terrestrial sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Neoplagiaulax burgessi Archibald p. 54 figs. 15-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyNeoplagiaulacidae
genusNeoplagiaulaxLemoine 1882
speciesburgessi

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.

†Neoplagiaulax burgessi Archibald 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:54:47
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:54:47
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Krause 1982, Hopson 1973, Gunnell et al. 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lancian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Neoplagiaulax burgessi (type locality: 14549)