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Epidolops ameghinoi

Mammalia - Bonapartheriidae

Taxonomy
Epidolops ameghinoi was named by Paula Couto (1952) [Skull description found in Beck (2017)]. Its type specimen is DGM 321-M, a partial skull (Almost complete but much crushed and flattened skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Epidolops.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Epidolops ameghinoi Paula Couto p. 7
1952Epidolops gracilis Paula Couto p. 7
1982Epidolops ameghinoi Marshall
2017Epidolops ameghinoi Beck

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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
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
familyBonapartheriidaePascual 1980
subfamilyEpidolopinae
genusEpidolops
speciesameghinoi

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.

†Epidolops ameghinoi Paula Couto 1952
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Invalid names: Epidolops gracilis Paula Couto 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Epidolops ameghinoi, Epidolops gracilis (type locality: 118314)