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Mesodma hensleighi

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Taxonomy
Mesodma hensleighi was named by Lillegraven (1969). Its type specimen is UA 3596, a tooth (Lp4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trochu (KUA-1), which is in a Lancian terrestrial claystone/siltstone in the Scollard Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. antiqua

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Mesodma hensleighi Lillegraven p. 16 figs. 6,1-5; 7, 1-2
1979Mesodma hensleighi Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
2004Mesodma hensleighi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 334-335
2013Mesodma hensleighi Donohue et al. p. 681 fig. 4D

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyNeoplagiaulacidae
genusMesodma
specieshensleighi

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.

†Mesodma hensleighi Lillegraven 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:54:47
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:54:47
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Gunnell et al. 1995, Krause 1982, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Puercan or 83.50000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Mesodma hensleighi (14467 14474)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Mesodma hensleighi (14466)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Utah) Mesodma hensleighi (14599)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Mesodma hensleighi (14514 14519)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Mesodma hensleighi (14537 14604 14612)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Mesodma hensleighi (type locality: 14630 14632 14634)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Mesodma hensleighi (14558)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Mesodma hensleighi (14508 14549 172642 172644)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Mesodma hensleighi (14585)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Mesodma hensleighi (176863)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Mesodma hensleighi (14743 14759 193844 231045 231047)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Mesodma hensleighi (14796)