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Thylamys pinei

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Thylamys pinei was named by Goin et al. (2000). Its type specimen is GHUNLP:un 2404, a mandible (right mandible fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bajo Giuliani, which is in a Huayquerian loess siltstone in the Cerro Azul Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Thylamys pinei Goin et al. p. 109 figs. 5 A

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyMarmosinaeReig et al. 1987
tribeMarmosiniReig et al. 1987
genusThylamysGray 1843
speciespinei

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.

†Thylamys pinei Goin et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. J. Goin et al. 2000Se diferencia del resto de las especies del género por la siguiente combinación de caracteres: molares inferiores con el paracónido y el metacónido muy próximos entre sí, hipoconúlidos cortos excepto en el m4, entocónidos bien desarrollados sobre todo en el mI, talónido del m4 comparativamente muy ancho y con el entocónido y el hipoconúlido bien desarrollados y separados entre sí.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoresubf
Diet 2: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:48:59
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:48:59
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Goin 1997, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Huayquerian or 8.00000 to 5.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Thylamys pinei (type locality: 140925 151498 152065 152066)