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Bolodon minor

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Plioprion minor was named by Falconer (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Bolodon minor by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Plioprion minor Falconer
1971Plioprion minor Hahn p. 39
1979Plioprion minor Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
2004Bolodon minor Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 315

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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()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderPlagiaulacida(Ameghino 1889)
familyPlagiaulacidaeGill 1872
genusBolodon
speciesminor(Falconer 1857)

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.

Bolodon minor Falconer 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available