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Cordylodon haslachensis

Osteichthyes - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Cordylodon haslachensis was named by von Meyer (1859). Its type specimen is SMNS 3960, a mandible (Mandible dext. with c and p3-m2), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Cordylodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Cordylodon haslachensis von Meyer p. 174
1944Cordylodon haslachensis Hürzeler p. 40
1990Cordylodon haslachensis Ziegler p. 43 figs. Pl. 7, 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
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
familyDimylidaeSchlosser 1887
subfamilyDimylinaeSchlosser 1887
genusCordylodonvon Meyer 1859
specieshaslachensis

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.

†Cordylodon haslachensis von Meyer 1859
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Hürzeler 1944Insectivor ? 3/3 i, 1/1 c, 3/2 p, 2/2 m, sehr stark exoedaenodont, m2 kleiner als m1, p4 [= p4] sehr voluminös mit weitabstehenden Lappen, M1 mit sehr voluminösem Haupthügel.
R. Ziegler 1990Cordylodon-Art mit folgender mandibular Zahnformel: ? 1 3 2; p3 klein, einwurzelig, liegt genau vor dem p4; p4 schwach exoedaenodont, mäßig amblyodont, ohne Vorderlappen und Hinterinnenhügel, höher als m inf; m1 stark exoedaenodont, mäßig amblyodont, Paraconid lingual; m2 mit reduziertem Talonid; For. mentale unter Mitte/Vorderwuzel des m1; Unterkiefersymphyse nicht verwachsen.
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, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany (Bayern) Cordylodon haslachensis (52567)