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Pseudocordylodon vireti

Mammalia - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocordylodon vireti was named by Hürzeler (1944). Its type specimen is NMB As 152, a mandible (mand sin. c-p1, p4-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saulcet, which is in a MN 1 terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pseudocordylodon vireti Hürzeler p. 803 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
familyDimylidaeSchlosser 1887
genusPseudocordylodon
speciesvireti

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.

†Pseudocordylodon vireti Hürzeler 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MP 30 to the top of the MN 2 or 28.40000 to 20.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Pseudocordylodon vireti (66111)
MN 123.03 - 22.4France (Auvergne) Pseudocordylodon vireti (type locality: 71538)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Pseudocordylodon vireti (66138)