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Magallanodon baikashkenke

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Magallanodon baikashkenke was named by Goin et al. (2020). Its type specimen is CPAP5916, a tooth (first lower left molariform), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Quarry (Río de Las Chinas Valley), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian floodplain mudstone in the Dorotea Formation of Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Magallanodon baikashkenke Chimento et al.
2020Magallanodon baikashkenke Goin et al.
2021Magallanodon baikashkenke Chimento 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
suborderGondwanatheriaMones 1987
genusMagallanodon
speciesbaikashkenke

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.

†Magallanodon baikashkenke Goin et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Chile (Última Esperanza) Magallanodon baikashkenke (type locality: 210648)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Magallanodon baikashkenke (206969 221115)