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Kryoryctes cadburyi

Mammalia - Monotremata

Taxonomy
Kryoryctes cadburyi was named by Pridmore et al. (2005). Its type specimen is NMV P20894, a limb element (right humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Slippery Rock, Dinosaur Cove, which is in an Albian crevasse splay sandstone/mudstone in the Eumeralla Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Kryoryctes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Kryoryctes cadburyi Pridmore et al. pp. 360-361 figs. 1, 2A-B

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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
AustralosphenidaLuo et al. 2001
orderMonotremataBonaparte 1838
genusKryoryctes
speciescadburyi

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.

Kryoryctes cadburyi Pridmore et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Pridmore et al. 2005That of the genus until other species are described.
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: Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Australia (Victoria) Kryoryctes cadburyi (type locality: 38542)