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Angustidens excultus

Osteichthyes - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Angustidens excultus was named by Mayr and Fahlbusch (1975). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSP 1973 XIX 79, a tooth (p4 inf. dext.). Its type locality is Hammerschmiede, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial claystone in the Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Angustidens excultus Mayr and Fahlbusch p. 96 figs. Pl. 7, fig. 9

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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
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilyLimnoecinaeRepenning 1967
genusAngustidens
speciesexcultus

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.

Angustidens excultus Mayr and Fahlbusch 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Mayr and V. Fahlbusch 1975Eine Art der Gattung Angustidens, größer als Angustidens vireti, aber mit gleicher Ausbildung des p4; m3 mit reduziertem Talonid, aber kleiner Talonidgrube und kleiner Entoconid-Schneide. P4 mit Parastyl, Protoconus, Hypoconus und Hypoconulus. M1-2 mit kräftigem Hypoconus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:40:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Angustidens excultus (type locality: 34256)