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Metacordylodon schlosseri

Mammalia - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Cordylodon schlosseri was named by Andreae (1904). Its type specimen is Roemer Museum, a mandible (with p4-m2 sin and p1-m2 dext), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Metacordylodon.

It was recombined as Metacordylodon schlosseri by Schlosser (1911), Hürzeler (1944), Engesser (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. schaffneri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Cordylodon schlosseri Andreae
1911Metacordylodon schlosseri Schlosser
1944Metacordylodon schlosseri Hürzeler p. 41
1972Metacordylodon schlosseri Engesser

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
familyDimylidaeSchlosser 1887
subfamilyDimylinaeSchlosser 1887
genusMetacordylodonSchlosser 1911
speciesschlosseri()

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.

†Metacordylodon schlosseri Andreae 1904
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Hürzeler 1944Insectivor, /2 i, /1 c, /1 p, /2 m, exterm exoedaenodont, m1 und p1 [= p4] sehr voluminös
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 7 + 8 to the top of the MN 10 or 12.75000 to 8.72500 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Metacordylodon schlosseri (42588)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Metacordylodon schlosseri (67165)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Metacordylodon schlosseri (49421)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Metacordylodon schlosseri (206345)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria (Niederösterreich) Metacordylodon schlosseri (66943)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Metacordylodon schlosseri (66946)