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Chainodus

Mammalia - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Chainodus was named by Ziegler (1990). It is not extant. Its type is Chainodus intercedens.

It was assigned to Dimylidae by Ziegler (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Chainodus Ziegler p. 48

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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
genusChainodus

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. †Chainodus Ziegler 1990
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†Chainodus eggingensis Ziegler 1990
†Chainodus intercedens Müller 1967
†Chainodus sulcatus Stephan-Hartl 1972
†Chainodus ulmensis Ziegler 1990
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Ziegler 1990Dimylide mit folgender Zahnformel: sup. ?132;inf. ?132. Zähne mäßig bis stark exoedaenodont. p3 klein, p4 Vorderlappen. m2 reduziert. Parastyl und Paraconid des M1 +/- gleich stark.
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 2 to the top of the MN 9 or 22.40000 to 9.70000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. eggingensis (52566)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Bayern) C. eggingensis (52567)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. sp. (66139) C. ulmensis (66138)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) C. sp., C. sulcatus (69606)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) C. sp. (199780 199781 199782)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) C. intercedens (68040)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. intercedens (69179)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Poland C. intercedens (31041)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) C. intercedens (28629)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany C. intercedens (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Cordylodon intercedens (70009)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) C. sp. (167497 167509)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Poland C. sp. (31039)