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Meiconodon setoguchii

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Taxonomy
Meiconodon setoguchii was named by Kusuhashi et al. (2009). Its type specimen is IVPP V14514, a mandible (Fragment of left lower jaw with two molariforms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fuxin city area, which is in an Aptian/Albian alluvial fan coal in the Fuxin Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Meiconodon setoguchii Kusuhashi et al. p. 775 figs. 7-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyTriconodontidaeMarsh 1887
subfamilyAlticonodontinaeFox 1976
genusMeiconodon
speciessetoguchii

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.

†Meiconodon setoguchii Kusuhashi et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. Kusuhashi et al. 2009Both labial and lingual cingula of m4 are sharp; cusp d is moderately developed on m4. Differs from M. lii in its larger size, and in having a less developed molariform cusp d, sharp labial and lingual cingula on m4, and a somewhat taller crown relative to length
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: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 125.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Meiconodon setoguchii (type locality: 123517)