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Thlaeodon

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Thlaeodon was named by Cope (1892). Its type is Thlaeodon padanicus. It is the type genus of Thlaeodontidae.

It was assigned to Marsupialia by Cope (1892); to Stagodontidae by Hay (1902); to Didelphodontinae by Simpson (1927) and Simpson (1929); and to Thlaeodontinae by Hay (1930).

Species
T. padanicus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Thlaeodon Cope p. 759
1902Thlaeodon Hay p. 565
1927Thlaeodon Simpson p. 122
1929Thlaeodon Simpson pp. 117, 124-125
1930Thlaeodon Hay p. 391

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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()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyThlaeodontinae(Cope 1892)
genusThlaeodon

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.

G. †Thlaeodon Cope 1892
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†Thlaeodon padanicus Cope 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:50:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) T. sp. (119007)