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Tribactonodon bonfieldi

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Tribactonodon bonfieldi was named by Sigogneau-Russell et al. (2001). Its type specimen is BMNH M51816, a tooth (a right lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Small quarry near Acton (DB115/116), c. 3 km west south west of Swanage, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial horizon in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Tribactonodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Tribactonodon bonfieldi Sigogneau-Russell et al. pp. 143-145 figs. figure (the only figure)
2004Tribactonodon bonfieldi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 419

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
infraclassTribotheriaButler 1978
AegialodontiaButler 1978
genusTribactonodon
speciesbonfieldi

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.

Tribactonodon bonfieldi Sigogneau-Russell et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Sigogneau-Russell et al. 2001Same as for genus by monotypy
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:41:56
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:22:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Tribactonodon bonfieldi (type locality: 121520)