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Allodesmus naorai

Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae

Taxonomy
Allodesmus naorai was named by Kohno (1996). Its type specimen is NMJH N-001, a partial skeleton (right dorsal part of the cranium with right canine and second premolar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mito, Mito Formation, which is in a Serravallian marine sandstone in the Mito Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Allodesmus naorai Kohno p. 390 figs. Figures 1-3; Table 1
2018Allodesmus naorai Berta et al. p. 205 figs. Fig. 1
2018Allodesmus naorai Boessenecker and Churchill
2018Allodesmus naorai Tonomori et al. p. 4

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
Pinnipedimorpha
Pinnipedia()
familyDesmatophocidae
subfamilyAllodesminae()
genusAllodesmus
speciesnaorai

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.

Allodesmus naorai Kohno 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:16:56
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:16:56
Source: c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Japan (Ibaraki) Allodesmus naorai (type locality: 101978)