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Pliodolops winecage

Mammalia - Polydolopidae

Taxonomy
Polydolops winecage was named by Simpson (1935). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 27893, a mandible (part of left lower jaw with M1 and M2), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Bajo de la Palangana (upper levels), which is in a Riochican terrestrial sandstone in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Pliodolops winecage by Chornogubsky (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Polydolops winecage Simpson p. 4
1948Polydolops winecage Simpson
1982Polydolops winecage Marshall
2020Pliodolops winecage Chornogubsky

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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
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
familyPolydolopidae
genusPliodolops
specieswinecage()

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.

†Pliodolops winecage Simpson 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: Riochican or 57.00000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Riochican57.0 - 55.8Argentina (Chubut) Polydolops winecage (type locality: 13781)