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Spalacotherium

Osteichthyes - Spalacotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Spalacotherium Owen p. 426 figs. 9-12
1859Spalacotherium Owen p. 160
1871Spalacotherium Owen pp. 18, 115
1887Spalacotherium Marsh p. 340
1894Spalacotherium Lydekker p. 275
1925Spalacotherium Simpson p. 569
1928Spalacotherium Simpson p. 98
1929Spalacotherium Simpson p. 38
1963Spalacotherium Clemens
1971Spalacotherium Clemens and Lees p. 124
1979Spalacotherium Cassiliano and Clemens p. 151
1981Spalacotherium Prothero p. 320
1998Spalacotherium Wang et al.
2002Spalacotherium Averianov p. 714
2004Spalacotherium Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 367-368 figs. 9.1C, 9.10A
2006Spalacotherium Li and Luo p. 197
2016Spalacotherium Han and Meng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Spalacotherioidea
familySpalacotheriidaeMarsh 1887
genusSpalacotherium

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. †Spalacotherium Owen 1854
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Spalacotherium evansae Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 2000
Spalacotherium henkeli Krebs 1985
Spalacotherium taylori Clemens and Lees 1971
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Invalid names: Peralestes longirostris Owen 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 143.10000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0United Kingdom (England) S. tricuspidens (105966)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) S. evansae (28995) S. evansae, S. sp. (28401)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1France (Poitou-Charentes) S. evansae (61930)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05France (Poitou-Charentes) S. evansae (142093)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (77058)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) S. evansae (122769) S. hookeri (123573) S. tricuspidens, Peralestes longirostris (72142)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) S. tricuspidens (102993)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) S. tricuspidens (119006)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Teruel) S. henkeli (36365)