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Coloniatherium cilinskii

Mammalia - Meridiolestida - Mesungulatidae

Taxonomy
Coloniatherium cilinskii was named by Rougier et al. (2009). Its type specimen is MPEF−PV 2087, a mandible (fragmentary right lower jaw with complete p3, root fragments of p2, m1–m3, and alveoli for p1 and double rooted canine), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Uruguayo, Estancia El Pino, Sierra de La Colonia, which is in a Maastrichtian estuary/bay horizon in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Coloniatherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Coloniatherium cilinskii Rougier et al. pp. 197-206 figs. 2-6

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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
—Cladotheria
—Dryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
orderMeridiolestida
—Mesungulatoidea
familyMesungulatidae
genusColoniatherium
speciescilinskii

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.

†Coloniatherium cilinskii Rougier et al. 2009
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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, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Coloniatherium cilinskii (type locality: 121187 121188 121189)