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Pleuraspidotheriidae

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Pleuraspidotheriidae

Taxonomy
Pleuraspidotheriidae was named by Zittel (1892). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Condylarthri by Jaekel (1911); and to Condylarthra by Ladevèze et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Pleuraspidotheriidae Zittel
1911Pleuraspidotheridae Jaekel p. 238
2010Pleuraspidotheriidae Ladevèze et al. p. 1560

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyPleuraspidotheriidaeZittel 1892
familyPleuraspidotheriidaeZittel 1892

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.

Fm. †Pleuraspidotheriidae Zittel 1892
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G. †Hilalia Maas et al. 2001
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†Hilalia robusta Maas et al. 2001
†Hilalia saribeya Maas et al. 2001
†Hilalia selanneae Maas et al. 2001
†Hilalia sezerorum Maas et al. 2001
G. †Orthaspidotherium Lemoine 1885
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G. †Parabunodon Ducrocq and Sen 1991
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†Parabunodon anatolicum Ducrocq and Sen 1991
G. †Pleuraspidotherium Lemoine 1878
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Lutetian or 66.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium (Hainaut) Pleuraspidotheriidae indet. (132949)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain (Cataluña) Pleuraspidotherium sp. (79307)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Orthaspidotherium edwardsi (68428) Orthaspidotherium edwardsi, Pleuraspidotherium aumonieri (137125)
Thanetian - Early/Lower Eocene59.2 - 48.6France (Marne) Orthaspidotherium edwardsi, Pleuraspidotherium aumonieri (133367)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) P. n. gen. (166598)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkey (Amasya) Parabunodon anatolicum (84608)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Turkey (Anatolia) Hilalia saribeya (183977) Hilalia saribeya, Hilalia selanneae, Hilalia robusta, Hilalia sezerorum (43624)