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Heterohyus pygmaeus

Mammalia - Apatemyidae

Taxonomy
Heterohyus pygmaeus was named by Sudre et al. (1990). Its type specimen is LAP 153, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laprade, which is in a MP 14 karst phosphorite in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. heufelderi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Heterohyus pygmaeus Sudre 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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderApatotheria(Scott and Jepsen 1936)
familyApatemyidae
genusHeterohyusGervais 1848
speciespygmaeus

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.

†Heterohyus pygmaeus Sudre et al. 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-09-22 09:57:14
Modified: 2005-09-22 11:57:14
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Tanaka and Taruno 2019

Age range: MP 14 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Heterohyus pygmaeus (type locality: 184174)