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Arguimus khosbajari

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Arguimus khosbajari was named by Dashzeveg (1979). Its type specimen is PSS 10−15, a mandible (Left dentary fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khovboor (PIN coll. 3101) [SMPE], which is in an Aptian/Albian lacustrine sandstone/claystone in the Dzunbain Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Arguimus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Arguimus khosbajari Dashzeveg p. 200 figs. fig. 1; pl. 1
1994Arguitherium cromptoni Dashzeveg p. 2 figs. 1, 3, 4
1994Arguimus khosbajari Dashzeveg p. 5
2004Arguimus khosbajari Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 397
2004Arguitherium cromptoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 398-399
2006Arguimus khosbajari Lopatin and Averianov

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
genusArguimus
specieskhosbajari

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.

†Arguimus khosbajari Dashzeveg 1979
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Invalid names: Arguitherium cromptoni Dashzeveg 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Dashzeveg 1994 (Arguitherium cromptoni)as for Arguitheriidae
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: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 122.46000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mongolia (Övörkhangai Aymag) Arguimus khosbajari, Arguitherium cromptoni (type locality: 77191)