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Kermackodon oxfordensis

Mammalia - Kermackodontidae

Taxonomy
Eleutherodon oxfordensis was named by Kermack et al. (1998). Its type specimen is BDUC J.460, a tooth (upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kirtlington 3p (Mammal Bed), which is in a Bathonian mire/swamp marl in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Kermackodon oxfordensis by Mao et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Eleutherodon oxfordensis Kermack et al. p. 587 figs. 1-21
2004Eleutherodon oxfordensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 258
2005Eleutherodon oxfordensis Butler and Hooker p. 186
2005Millsodon superstes Butler and Hooker p. 189 figs. Figs. 1D, E, 3A, B, G, H, 4A.
2005Kirtlingtonia catenata Butler and Hooker p. 192 figs. Figs. 1F, G, 5A–C
2005Kermackodon multicuspis Butler and Hooker p. 195 figs. Figs. 6A–C, 7A, 8A, 9
2022Kermackodon oxfordensis Mao et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Allotheria()
Euharamiyida
familyKermackodontidae
genusKermackodon
speciesoxfordensis()

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.

Kermackodon oxfordensis Kermack et al. 1998
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Invalid names: Kermackodon multicuspis Butler and Hooker 2005 [synonym], Kirtlingtonia catenata Butler and Hooker 2005 [synonym], Millsodon superstes Butler and Hooker 2005 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. A. Kermack et al. 1998As for genus.
P. M. Butler and J. J. Hooker 2005 (Millsodon superstes)[implicitly as for genus Millsodon]
P. M. Butler and J. J. Hooker 2005 (Kirtlingtonia catenata)[implicitly as for genus Kirtlingtonia]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Eleutherodon oxfordensis, Millsodon superstes, Kermackodon multicuspis (131073) Kirtlingtonia catenata, Kermackodon multicuspis, Multituberculata indet. (type locality: 39075) Multituberculata indet. (57124)