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Priacodon fruitaensis

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Taxonomy
Priacodon fruitaensis was named by Rasmussen and Callison (1981). Its type specimen is LACM 120451, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Main Callison Quarry, FPA, which is in a Tithonian crevasse splay mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Priacodon fruitaensis Rasmussen and Callison p. 629 figs. 2-4
1996Priacodon fruitaensis Rougier et al.
2004Priacodon fruitaensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 245-246

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyTriconodontidaeMarsh 1887
genusPriacodon
speciesfruitaensis

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.

†Priacodon fruitaensis Rasmussen and Callison 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Priacodon fruitaensis (type locality: 53040)