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Dissacus serratus

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Taxonomy
Plagiocristodon serratus was named by Chow and Qi (1978). Its type specimen is IVPP V5480 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bayan Ulan site (lower 3 m), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial siltstone in the Nomogen Formation of China.

It was recombined as Dissacus serratus by Meng et al. (1998) and Solé et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Plagiocristodon serratus Chow and Qi
1998Dissacus serratus Meng et al.
2018Dissacus serratus Solé et al. figs. Table 9

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
genusDissacusCope 1881
speciesserratus()

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.

Dissacus serratus Chow and Qi 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:02:52
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:02:52
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Dissacus serratus (71076)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Plagiocristodon serratus, Dissacus serratus (133389)