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Dissacus progressus

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Taxonomy
Dissacus progressus was named by Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe-Posse (1968). Its type specimen is IPS-65, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Corsà II, which is in a MP 10 terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Dissacus progressus Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe- Posse
1968Dissacus progressus Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe-Posse
2018Dissacus progressus 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
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
genusDissacusCope 1881
speciesprogressusCrusafont-Pairo and Golpe-Posse 1968

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 progressus Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe-Posse 1968
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Solé et al. 2018Largest European Dissacus species. It is mor- phologically very similar to D. blayaci from which it differs only by its larger size (25%). It differs from D. europaeus, D. raslanloubatieri, and D. rougierae by the presence of a well-developed entoconid on p4, and its larger size. It differs from Dissacus filholi by its larger size (73%).
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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: MP 10 or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1055.8 - 48.6Spain Dissacus progressus (type locality: 53154)