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Simpsonodon sibiricus

Osteichthyes - Docodonta - Simpsonodontidae

Taxonomy
Simpsonodon sibiricus was named by Averianov et al. (2010). Its type specimen is PIN 5087/5, a mandible (L dentary fragment with 3 last molariform teeth, alveolus for a more anterior tooth, and base of coronoid process), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Berezovsk Quarry, which is in a Bathonian fluvial claystone in the Itat Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Simpsonodon sibiricus Averianov et al. pp. 126-127 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
orderDocodontaKretzoi 1946
familySimpsonodontidae
genusSimpsonodon
speciessibiricus

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.

Simpsonodon sibiricus Averianov et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. O. Averianov et al. 2010Simpsonodon sibiricus sp. nov. is very similar to Simpsonodon oxfordensis Kermack et al., 1987 from the Bathonian of England, the only known previously species of the genus, in size and morphology of the lower molariform teeth. The two species can be nevertheless distinguished by the structure of the mesial cingulid. In S. sibiricus sp. nov. it is clearly divided into two portions: a short labial arm directed mesiolingually and a longer lingual arm wrapping around the mesiolingual corner of the crown and extending towards the base of the mesiolingual cusp g. In S. oxfordensis this division is not clear and a long mesial cingulid is wrapping around the entire mesial end of the crown towards the base of the mesiolingual cusp g.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Docodonta indet. (type locality: 61891)