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Bocaconodon tamaulipensis

Taxonomy
Bocaconodon tamaulipensis was named by Montellano et al. (2008). Its type specimen is IGM 6617, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jim's Joy, Huizachal Canyon, which is in a Pliensbachian floodplain horizon in the La Boca Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Bocaconodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Bocaconodon tamaulipensis Montellano et al. p. 1133 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
genusBocaconodon
speciestamaulipensis

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.

Bocaconodon tamaulipensis Montellano et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Pliensbachian or 190.80000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Mexico (Tamaulipas) Mammaliaformes indet. A (type locality: 136975)