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Chunnelodon alopekodes

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Chunnelodon alopekodes was named by Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell (1998). Its type specimen is DORCM GS 378, a tooth (left lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sunnydown Farm Quarry (clay: upper horizon; equivalent to DB 102/103 ), which is in a Berriasian/Berriasian lacustrine - small limestone/claystone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Chunnelodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Chunnelodon alopekodes Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell pp. 41-43 figs. 7-9
2004Chunnelodon alopekodes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 395

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
genusChunnelodon
speciesalopekodes

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.

†Chunnelodon alopekodes Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 1998
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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: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 143.10000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Chunnelodon alopekodes (type locality: 28401)