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Zofiabaatar pulcher

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Zofiabaataridae

Taxonomy
Zofiabaatar pulcher was named by Bakker and Carpenter (1990) [incorrectly given as UCM 42239 in original description]. Its type specimen is UCM 42329, a mandible (complete left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Main Breakfast Bench Quarry, which is in a Tithonian deltaic sandstone/mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Zofiabaatar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Zofiabaatar pulcher Bakker and Carpenter pp. 7-8
1998Zofiabaatar pulcher Carpenter pp. 394-395
2004Zofiabaatar pulcher Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 303

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
familyZofiabaataridae
genusZofiabaatar
speciespulcher

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.

Zofiabaatar pulcher Bakker and Carpenter 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
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
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Zofiabaatar pulcher (type locality: 39412)