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Hapalodectes dux

Mammalia - Acreodi - Hapalodectidae

Taxonomy
Hapalodectes dux was named by Lopatin (2001). Its type specimen is PIN 3104/371, a mandible (Left and right mandibles with most of the teeth), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Tsagan Hushu [Naran Bulak Fm.] [PMPE], which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Hapalodectes dux Lopatin pp. 426-431 figs. 1-2
2017Hapalodectes dux Solé et al.
2018Hapalodectes dux Solé et al. figs. Table 9

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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
Mesonychia
familyHapalodectidae
genusHapalodectes
speciesdux

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.

Hapalodectes dux Lopatin 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: M/1s
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10s
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0s
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10s
Environment: terrestrials
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2007-01-31 13:49:23
Modified: 2007-01-31 15:49:23
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lopatin 2001, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Archibald 1998

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia (Omnogov) Hapalodectes dux (type locality: 37008)