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Corviconodon montanensis

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Taxonomy
Corviconodon montanensis was named by Cifelli et al. (1998). Its type specimen is OMNH 33457, a mandible (part of right mandible with distal root of last premolar (p4?), mesial root and distal half of m1, m2-3, roots of m5, and m5 in early eruption), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cloverly (OMNH V920), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Cloverly Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Corviconodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Corviconodon montanensis Cifelli et al. p. 237
2004Corviconodon montanensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyTriconodontidaeMarsh 1887
subfamilyAlticonodontinaeFox 1976
genusCorviconodon
speciesmontanensis

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.

Corviconodon montanensis Cifelli et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 109.00000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian109.0 - 93.5USA (Montana) Corviconodon montanensis (type locality: 14381)