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Sunnyodon

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Paulchoffatiidae

Taxonomy
Sunnyodon was named by Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom (1992) [from Purbeck Limestone, Sunnydown Farm Quarry locality]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Paulchoffatoidea by Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom (1992); and to Paulchoffatiidae by Hahn (1993), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Allain et al. (2022).

Species
S. notleyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Sunnyodon Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom
1993Sunnyodon Hahn pp. 208-209
2001Sunnyodon Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 413
2004Sunnyodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 310 fig. 8.31C
2022Sunnyodon Allain et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
familyPaulchoffatiidaeHahn 1969
genusSunnyodon

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.

G. †Sunnyodon Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom 1992
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†Sunnyodon notleyi Kielan-Jaworowska and Ensom 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Berriasian or 143.10000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Denmark (Bornholm) S. sp. (83134)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) S. notleyi (28401)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05France (Poitou-Charentes) S. sp. (142093)