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Sundrius ziegleri

Mammalia - Monotremata - Kollikodontidae

Taxonomy
Sundrius ziegleri was named by Rich et al. (2020). Its type specimen is NMV P252052, a tooth (a left upper molar broken into two pieces comprising three or four lingual cusps, and three stylar cusps, respectively), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eric the Red West, which is in an Albian channel lag sandstone in the Eumeralla Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Sundrius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Sundrius ziegleri Rich et al. p. 529
2023Sundrius ziegleri Poropat et al. p. 174

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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
AustralosphenidaLuo et al. 2001
orderMonotremataBonaparte 1838
familyKollikodontidae
genusSundrius
speciesziegleri

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.

Sundrius ziegleri Rich et al. 2020
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Australia (Victoria) Sundrius ziegleri (type locality: 118946)