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Tathiodon agilis

Mammalia - Paurodontidae

Taxonomy
Tanaodon agilis was named by Simpson (1927) [NOT A MOLLUSK! NOT A MOLLUSK!]. Its type specimen is YPM 13649, a mandible (left mandible with two molars), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Tathiodon, Tanaodon.

It was recombined as Tathiodon agilis by Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Kraus (1979) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Tathiodon agilis Simpson
1927Tanaodon agilis Simpson p. 410
1929Tathiodon agilis Simpson p. 53
1930Tathiodon agilis Hay p. 372
1979Tathiodon agilis Kraus p. 164
2004Tathiodon agilis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 392

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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
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
superorderDryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
familyPaurodontidae
genusTathiodonSimpson 1927
speciesagilis()

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.

†Tathiodon agilis Simpson 1927
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Tanaodon agilis (type locality: 12816)