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Polydolops clavulus

Mammalia - Polydolopidae

Taxonomy
Polydolops clavulus was named by Ameghino (1902). Its type specimen is MACN 10356, a mandible (greater part of a left mandibular ramus with alveolus of a large procumbent tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was recombined as Archaeodolops clavulus by Ameghino (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Polydolops clavulus Ameghino p. 40
1904Archaeodolops clavulus Ameghino p. 108
1948Polydolops clavulus Simpson
1982Polydolops clavulus 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
speciesclavulus

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 clavulus Ameghino 1902
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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: Casamayoran or 56.00000 to 48.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Polydolops clavulus (type locality: 176285)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Chubut) Archaeodolops clavulus (13780)