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Docodon apoxys

Docodonta - Docodontidae

Taxonomy
Docodon apoxys was named by Rougier et al. (2014). Its type specimen is DMNH 42198, a partial skull (a nearly complete left dentary with alveoli for i1–i4, p1, and crowns of the canine, p2–p4, and m1–m7), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Small's Quarry, Garden Park, which is in a Tithonian pond mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Docodon apoxys Rougier 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
orderDocodontaKretzoi 1946
familyDocodontidae
genusDocodon
speciesapoxys

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.

Docodon apoxys Rougier et al. 2014
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Docodon apoxys (49636)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Docodon apoxys (type locality: 48161)