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Plesiodimylus chantrei

Mammalia - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Plesiodimylus chantrei was named by Gaillard (1899). Its type specimen is Museum d'histoire naturelle Lyon, a maxilla (Fragment maxilla, mandible and humerus sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Plesiodimylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard
1944Plesiodimylus chantrei Hürzeler p. 40
1996Plesiodimylus chantrei Rzebik-Kowalska

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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
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
familyDimylidaeSchlosser 1887
genusPlesiodimylusGaillard 1897
specieschantrei

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.

†Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Hürzeler 1944Insectivore, 3/3 i, 1/1 c, 4/3 p, 2/2 m, schwach exoedaenodont, m2 länger oder gleich lang wie m1. M1 ohne oder nur mit schwachem, nicht gespaltem Mesostyl, Aussenwand nicht durchbrochen
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, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 11 or 16.90000 to 7.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Plesiodimylus chantrei (200296)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Greece Plesiodimylus chantrei (68032)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Poland Plesiodimylus chantrei (31041)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Plesiodimylus chantrei (45604)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Plesiodimylus chantrei (46955)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Plesiodimylus chantrei (32191)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Plesiodimylus chantrei (69711)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Slovakia (Bratislava) Plesiodimylus chantrei (58983)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Plesiodimylus chantrei (67161 67163 67164 67165 67166)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Plesiodimylus chantrei (53571)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Plesiodimylus chantrei (49421)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Catalonia) Plesiodimylus chantrei (193490)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria (Niederösterreich) Plesiodimylus chantrei (66943)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Plesiodimylus chantrei (66942)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Plesiodimylus chantrei (75481)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Poland Plesiodimylus chantrei (31039)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Plesiodimylus chantrei (66945 66946)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Plesiodimylus chantrei (32649)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Plesiodimylus chantrei (69802)