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Bolodon falconeri

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Plagiaulax falconeri was named by Owen (1871). 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 Ctenacodon falconeri by Owen (1871), Simpson (1928) and Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979); it was recombined as Bolodon falconeri by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Ctenacodon falconeri Owen
1871Plagiaulax falconeri Owen p. 84 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 16
1928Ctenacodon falconeri Simpson p. 41 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 3; text-fig. 9
1979Ctenacodon falconeri Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
2004Bolodon falconeri Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 315

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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
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderPlagiaulacida(Ameghino 1889)
familyPlagiaulacidaeGill 1872
genusBolodon
speciesfalconeri()

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 falconeri Owen 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Plagiaulax falconeri (type locality: 72142)