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Laolestes hodsoni

Mammalia - Dryolestidae

Taxonomy
Melanodon hodsoni was named by Clemens and Lees (1971). Its type specimen is University College, London W-14, a tooth (right upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tighe Farm, which is in a Valanginian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Wadhurst Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Laolestes hodsoni by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Melanodon hodsoni Clemens and Lees pp. 126-128
2004Laolestes hodsoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 385

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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)
familyDryolestidaeMarsh 1879
genusLaolestesSimpson 1927
specieshodsoni()

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.

†Laolestes hodsoni 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, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Melanodon goodrichi (102993) Melanodon hodsoni (type locality: 117934)