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Sparassocynus derivatus

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Sparassocynus derivatus was named by Reig and Simpson (1972). Its type specimen is MMP 172S, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mar del Plata, which is in a Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Chapadmalal Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Sparassocynus derivatus Reig and Simpson p. 515 figs. 1, 2

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
—SparassocyniniReig 1958
genusSparassocynusMercerat 1898
speciesderivatus

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.

†Sparassocynus derivatus Reig and Simpson 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:50:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 3.60000 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Sparassocynus derivatus (type locality: 198699 198849 198852)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Sparassocynus derivatus (199157)