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Rugosodon eurasiaticus

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Taxonomy
Rugosodon eurasiaticus was named by Yuan et al. (2013). Its type specimen is BMNH PM1142A, a skeleton (Partial skull and most of the postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Daxigou, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China. It is the type species of Rugosodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Rugosodon eurasiaticus Yuan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
genusRugosodon
specieseurasiaticus

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.

Rugosodon eurasiaticus Yuan et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3China (Liaoning) Rugosodon eurasiaticus (type locality: 114842)