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Nuurtherium baruunensis

Tritylodontidae

Taxonomy
Nuurtherium baruunensis was named by Velazco et al. (2017). Its type specimen is PSS-MAE 632, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shar Teg (Ulan Malgait Fm.) [HMNS-GIN], which is in a Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Ulan Malgait Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Nuurtherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Nuurtherium baruunensis Velazco et al. p. 15 figs. 11-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
familyTritylodontidaeCope 1884
genusNuurtherium
speciesbaruunensis

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.

Nuurtherium baruunensis Velazco et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia (Govi-Altay) Nuurtherium baruunensis (type locality: 127735)