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Dimylus paradoxus

Mammalia - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Dimylus paradoxus was named by von Meyer (1846). It is not extant. Its type locality is Weisenau, which is in a MN 1 terrestrial horizon in Germany. It is the type species of Dimylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Dimylus paradoxus von Meyer

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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
genusDimylusvon Meyer 1846
speciesparadoxusvon Meyer 1846

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.

†Dimylus paradoxus von Meyer 1846
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 1 to the top of the Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Dimylus paradoxus (type locality: 69617)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dimylus paradoxus (52566)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dimylus paradoxus (66138)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Dimylus paradoxus (69606)