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Dimylus

Mammalia - Dimylidae

Taxonomy
Dimylus was named by von Meyer (1846). It is not extant. Its type is Dimylus paradoxus.

It was assigned to Dimylinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Dimylidae by von Meyer (1846) and Carroll (1988).

Species
D. paradoxus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Dimylus von Meyer
1967Dimylus Van Valen
1988Dimylus Carroll

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
familyDimylidaeSchlosser 1887
genusDimylusvon Meyer 1846

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.

G. †Dimylus von Meyer 1846
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†Dimylus paradoxus von Meyer 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 1 to the top of the Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 123.03 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) D. paradoxus (69617)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Baden-Württemberg) D. paradoxus (52566)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) D. paradoxus (66138)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) D. paradoxus (69606)