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Spalacotherium taylori

Mammalia - Spalacotheriidae

Taxonomy
Spalacotherium taylori was named by Clemens and Lees (1971). Its type specimen is BMNH M21103, a tooth (left lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paddockhurst bone bed [Paddockhurst Park], which is in a Valanginian terrestrial limestone in the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Spalacotherium taylori Clemens and Lees
1979Spalacotherium taylori Cassiliano and Clemens p. 151
2004Spalacotherium taylori Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 367-368

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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
—Spalacotherioidea
familySpalacotheriidaeMarsh 1887
genusSpalacotherium
speciestaylori

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.

†Spalacotherium taylori Clemens and Lees 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Spalacotherium tricuspidens (type locality: 119006)