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Pantotheria

Mammalia - Pantotheria

Taxonomy
Pantotheria was named by Marsh (1880).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Pantotheria by Cope (1889); it was reranked as the infraclass Pantotheria by Dashzeveg (1994).

It was assigned to Bunotheria by Cope (1889); to Mammalia by Marsh (1880), Simpson (1928); to Allotheria by Hay (1930); and to Theria by Simpson (1929), Huene (1940), Clemens (1963), Olson (1966), Bonaparte (1990), Dashzeveg (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Pantotheria Marsh p. 239
1889Pantotheria Cope p. 876
1928Pantotheria Simpson p. 106
1929Pantotheria Simpson p. 47
1930Pantotheria Hay p. 371
1940Pantotheria Huene p. 11
1963Pantotheria Clemens p. 62
1966Pantotheria Olson p. 302
1990Pantotheria Bonaparte p. 66
1994Pantotheria Dashzeveg p. 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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
orderPantotheria
orderPantotheria

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.

Or. †Pantotheria Marsh 1880
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Fm. †Dicrocynodontidae Marsh
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G. †Dicrocynodon Marsh
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Invalid names: Diplocynodon Marsh 1880 [replaced]
G. †Ennacodon Marsh
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†Ennacodon crassus Marsh 1887
Invalid names: Enneodon Prangner 1845 [replaced]
Invalid names: Diplocynodontidae Marsh 1887 [replaced]
Or. †Eupantotheria Kermack and Musset 1958
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G. †Brancatherulum Dietrich 1927
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†Brancatherulum tendagurense Dietrich 1927
G. †Butlerigale Kühne 1968
G. †Guimarota Hahn 1969
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†Guimarota freyi Kuhne 1968
Invalid names: Henkelotheriidae Krebs 1991 [empty]
Invalid names: Amblytheriidae Cope 1889 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 205.70000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Pantotheria indet. G2 (194663)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Eupantotheria indet. (139746)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Eupantotheria indet. (31054)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Eupantotheria indet. (39075 57124)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Enneodon crassus, Enneodon affinis (12816) Eupantotheria indet. (55333)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Tanzania (Lindi) Brancatherulum tendagurense (131075)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Pantotheria indet. (72142)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cuenca) P. sp. (61319)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0France (Oise) Diplocynodontidae indet. (166598)