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Tinodon lepidus

Mammalia - Tinodontidae

Taxonomy
Tinodon lepidus was named by Marsh (1879). Its type specimen is YPM 11845, a mandible (partial left mandible with broken M1 and M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tinodon bellus by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Tinodon lepidus Marsh p. 398
1887Menacodon rarus Marsh p. 340 figs. Pl. 10:6
1887Tinodon lepidus Marsh p. 343
1902Tinodon lepidus Hay p. 567
1902Menacodon rarus Hay p. 568
1925Tinodon lepidus Simpson p. 456 figs. 4-5
1929Tinodon lepidus Simpson p. 39
1930Tinodon lepidus Hay p. 371
1979Tinodon lepidus Cassiliano and Clemens p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
familyTinodontidaeMarsh 1887
genusTinodon
specieslepidus

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.

†Tinodon lepidus Marsh 1879
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Invalid names: Menacodon rarus Marsh 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Menacodon rarus, Tinodon lepidus (type locality: 12816)