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Batodon tenuis

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Batodon tenuis was named by Marsh (1892). Its type specimen is USNM 2139, a mandible (anterior part of a mandible with canine (or enlarged incisor) and three premolars), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003), which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Batodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Batodon tenuis Marsh p. 258
1902Batodon tenuis Hay p. 565
1927Batodon tenuis Simpson p. 122
1929Batodon tenuis Simpson p. 139
1930Batodon tenuis Hay p. 392
1979Batodon tenuis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Batodon tenuis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 507-508

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusBatodon
speciestenuis

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.

†Batodon tenuis Marsh 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivores
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:34:46
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:34:46
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lancian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Batodon tenuis (14516 14549 14575 14618 14624 14650 172644)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Batodon tenuis (14519 type locality: 14565 14589)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Batodon tenuis (14630 14632)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Batodon tenuis (14558)