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Deltatherium fundaminis

Mammalia - Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae

Taxonomy
Deltatherium fundaminis was named by Cope (1881) [type was found by D. Baldwin "at the mouth of Canyon Largo"]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Deltatherium.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Lipodectes penetrans Cope
1881Deltatherium fundaminis Cope p. 337
1883Deltatherium fundaminis Cope p. 278
1892Deltatherium fundaminis Scott p. 308
1902Deltatherium fundaminis Hay p. 751
1930Deltatherium fundaminis Hay p. 462

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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
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
familyOxyclaenidae
genusDeltatherium
speciesfundaminis

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.

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Invalid names: Lipodectes penetrans Cope 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-24 20:06:22
Modified: 2011-04-24 05:06:22
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Matthew 1937, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Deltatherium fundaminis (14814 14815 14816 14824 14825 14832 14865 14868 14873 14891)