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Polydolops serra

Mammalia - Polydolopidae

Taxonomy
Polydolops serra was named by Ameghino (1902). Its type specimen is MACN 10341, a mandible (a fragment of a left mandibular ramus with P2 (double rooted) and P3 complete, and anterior edge of M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Polydolops serrifer Ameghino
1902Polydolops serra Ameghino p. 39
1902Amphidolops serrifer Ameghino p. 42
1903Anissodolops serrifer Ameghino p. 148 figs. fig. 72
1904Anissodolops serrifer Ameghino p. 108
1948Polydolops bocurhor Simpson
1948Polydolops serra Simpson
1982Polydolops serra Marshall

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
familyPolydolopidae
genusPolydolops
speciesserra

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.

†Polydolops serra Ameghino 1902
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Invalid names: Amphidolops serrifer Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Anissodolops serrifer Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Polydolops bocurhor Simpson 1948 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Polydolops serra (175738 175739 176285)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Argentina (Chubut) Polydolops serra, Polydolops bocurhor (44956)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Polydolops serra (176167) Polydolops serra, Anissodolops serrifer (type locality: 13779)