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Vassacyon prieuri

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Vassacyon prieuri was named by Solé et al. (2016). Its type specimen is Riv. PPV 0704, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Petit Pâtis, Rivecourt, which is in a Paleocene fluvial-lacustrine lignite in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Vassacyon prieuri Solé et al.

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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
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusVassacyon
speciesprieuri

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.

†Vassacyon prieuri Solé et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-13 10:30:57
Modified: 2011-05-12 19:30:57
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Friscia and Rasmussen 2010, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) Vassacyon n. sp. (type locality: 166598)