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Morganucodon heikuopengensis

Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Taxonomy
Eozostrodon heikuopengensis was named by Young (1978). Its type specimen is IVPP V 4728, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hei Koa Peng, Lufeng (CUP, IVPP), which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Lufeng Formation of China.

It was recombined as Morganucodon heikuopengensis by Luo and Wu (1994), Luo et al. (1995) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Eozostrodon heikuopengensis Young
1979Eozostrodon heikuopengensis Jenkins and Crompton p. 75
1994Morganucodon heikuopengensis Luo and Wu p. 263
1995Morganucodon heikuopengensis Luo et al.
2004Morganucodon heikuopengensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 165, 174-176

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
orderMorganucodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyMorganucodontidae
genusMorganucodon
speciesheikuopengensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreg
Created: 2011-04-22 22:32:36
Modified: 2011-04-22 07:32:36
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2001, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8China (Yunnan) Eozostrodon heikuopengensis (type locality: 78993)