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Tritylodon

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39217https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39217
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Tritylodontidae : Tritylodon
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
familyTritylodontidaeCope 1884
genusTritylodonOwen 1884
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tritylodongenusbelongs to Allotheriastated without evidenceMarsh, 1889
Tritylodongenusbelongs to Tritylodontidaestated without evidenceMarsh, 1889
Tritylodongenusbelongs to Tritylodontidaestated with evidenceHuene, 1940
Tritylodongenusbelongs to TritylodontidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance228 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Last Recorded Appearance201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Owen. 1884. On the skull and dentition of a Triassic mammal (Tritylodon longævus, Owen) from South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 40:146-152

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Tritylodon longaevus
species
listed (PBDB)1201 Ma
Early Jurassic
201 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1884Tritylodon Owen
1887Tritylodon fraasi Lydekker
1889Tritylodon Marsh
1894Tritylodon Lydekker p. 282
1928Tritylodon Simpson p. 11
1928Tritylodon fraasi Simpson p. 20 fig. 3
1929Tritylodon Simpson p. 11
1940Tritylodon Huene p. 8
1940Tritylodon fraasi Huene p. 8
1988Tritylodon Carroll

References

Owen R. On the skull and dentition of a Triassic mammal (Tritylodon longævus, Owen) from South Africa, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 40, 146-152
Marsh O. C. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia, American Journal of Science 38, 81-92
Lydekker R. , A Hand-Book to the Marsupialia and Monotremata, 1-302
Simpson G. G. (1928) , A Catalogue of the Mesozoic Mammalia in the Geological Department of the British Museum, 1-215
Simpson G. G. (1929) American Mesozoic Mammalia, Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Yale University 3 1, 1-171
Huene F. v. (1940) , Fossilium Catalogus. I: Animalia. Pars 93: Mammalia Triadica, 1-13
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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