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Worlandia inusitata

Mammalia - Dermoptera

Taxonomy
Worlandia inusitata was named by Bown and Rose (1979) [genotype]. Its type locality is Holly's Microsite, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming. It is the type species of Worlandia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Worlandia inusitata Bown and Rose

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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
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
—Primatomorpha
orderDermopteraIllinger 1811
genusWorlandia
speciesinusitata

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.

†Worlandia inusitata Bown and Rose 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: folivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:22:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:22:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Clarkforkian or 56.20000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Planetetherium mirabile (15140) Worlandia inusitata (15082 type locality: 15085 15103)