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Escavadodontidae

Mammalia - Escavadodontidae

Taxonomy
Escavadodontidae was named by Rose and Lucas (2000). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeanodonta by Rose and Lucas (2000).

Subtaxa
Escavadodon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Escavadodontidae Rose and Lucas p. 140

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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
—Ferae()
—PholidotamorphaGaudin et al. 2009
suborderPalaeanodontaMatthew 1918
familyEscavadodontidae
familyEscavadodontidae

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.

Fm. †Escavadodontidae Rose and Lucas 2000
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G. †Escavadodon Rose and Lucas 2000
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†Escavadodon zygus Rose and Lucas 2000
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Escavadodon zygus (14835)