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Dulcidon gandaensis

Mammalia - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Promioclaenus gandaensis was named by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958). Its type specimen is IPHG 1956 II 1, a tooth (left ?M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ganda Kas, which is in a Lutetian marine mudstone in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Promioclaenus.

It was recombined as Dulcidon gandaensis by Theodor et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Promioclaenus gandaensis Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 19 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 6; Fig. 3
2007Dulcidon gandaensis Theodor et al. p. 43

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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
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyDichobunidaeGill 1872
genusDulcidonVan Valen 1965
speciesgandaensis()

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.

Dulcidon gandaensis Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 06:18:28
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:18:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Blondel 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Punjab) Promioclaenus gandaensis (type locality: 45529)