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Darbonetus aubrelongensis

Osteichthyes - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Darbonetus aubrelongensis was named by Crochet (1974). Its type specimen is LPV UP-VI Au-1 705, a mandible (dext with p3-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aubrelong 1, which is in an Oligocene fissure fill phosphorite/claystone in France. It is the type species of Darbonetus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Darbonetus aubrelongensis Crochet p. 135 figs. Fig. 12

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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
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyNyctitheriidaeSimpson 1928
subfamilyAmphidozotheriinaeSige 1976
genusDarbonetus
speciesaubrelongensis

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.

†Darbonetus aubrelongensis Crochet 1974
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J.-Y. Crochet 1974Erinacoidea dont la formule dentaire inférieure est complète; p1 et p2 (?) uniradiculées; p3 petite, et p4, aussi haute que les molaires, biradiculées; protoconide et métaconide de p4 bien liés, talonide peu excavé et unicuspidé (hypoconide); paralophide des molaires légèrement infléchi vers le métaconide, crista obliqua remontant vers le métaconide, entoconide un peu en fomre de crête, hypoconulide moyennement développé, talonide excavé; m3 bien réduite.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 09:08:46
Modified: 2005-09-01 11:08:46
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hooker 2001, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Darbonetus aubrelongensis (type locality: 31583)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France Darbonetus aubrelongensis (183452)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Midi-Pyrenées) Darbonetus aubrelongensis (183656)