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Eodelphis browni

Mammalia - Stagodontidae

Taxonomy
Eodelphis browni was named by Matthew (1916). Its type specimen is AMNH 14169, a mandible (left dentary, symphyseal region of right dentary, and fragments of the skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Eodelphis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eodelphis cutleri by Simpson (1929) and Russell (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Eodelphis browni Matthew
1930Eodelphis browni Hay p. 394
1966Eodelphis browni Clemens
1972Eodelphis browni Sahni
1979Eodelphis browni Clemens p. 193
1981Eodelphis browni Fox
1982Eodelphis browni Archibald
1992Eodelphis browni Montellano
2004Eodelphis browni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 459-461
2006Eodelphis browni Fox and Naylor p. 16

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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
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
familyStagodontidaeMarsh 1889
genusEodelphis
speciesbrowni

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.

†Eodelphis browni Matthew 1916
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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: carnivoref
Diet 2: durophagef
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 08:58:59
Modified: 2007-06-17 13:19:32
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Fox and Naylor 1995

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Eodelphis browni (14485)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Eodelphis browni (35511 227125)