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Haldanodon ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	39776	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39776

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Haldanodon

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
genus	Haldanodon	Kühne and Krusat 1972

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Haldanodon	genus	belongs to Docodontidae	stated with evidence	Kühne and Krusat, 1972
Haldanodon	genus	belongs to Docodontidae	stated without evidence	Kron, 1979
Haldanodon	genus	belongs to Docodontidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Haldanodon	genus	belongs to Docodonta	stated with evidence	Lillegraven and Krusat, 1991
Haldanodon	genus	belongs to Mammaliaformes	stated with evidence	Luo et al., 2001
Haldanodon	genus	belongs to Docodontidae	stated without evidence	Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004
Haldanodon	genus	belongs to Docodontidae	stated with evidence	Martin, 2005
Haldanodon	genus	belongs to Mammaliaformes	stated with evidence	Bi et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

157 - 152 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

157 - 152 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Amniota)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. G. Kühne and G. Krusat. 1972. Legalisierung des Taxon Haldanodon (Mammalia, Docodonta). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie Monatshefte 1972:300-302

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Haldanodon exspectatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1972	Haldanodon Kühne and Krusat p. 300
1979	Haldanodon Kron p. 91
1988	Haldanodon Carroll
1991	Haldanodon Lillegraven and Krusat
2001	Haldanodon Luo et al. pp. suppl. p. 7
2004	Haldanodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 197-198 figs. 5.1-5.3B, 5.4C, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7C
2005	Haldanodon Martin
2005	Haldanodon Pfretzschner et al.
2010	Haldanodon Averianov et al. p. 126
2014	Haldanodon Bi et al.

References

Kühne W. G., Krusat G. (1972) Legalisierung des Taxon Haldanodon (Mammalia, Docodonta), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie Monatshefte 1972, 300-302

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Luo Z.-X., Crompton A. W., et al (2001) A new mammaliaform from the Early Jurassic and evolution of mammalian characteristics, Science 292, 1535-1540

Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630

Martin T. (2005) Postcranial anatomy of Haldanodon exspectatus (Mammalia, Docodonta) from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Portugal and its bearing for mammalian evolution, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145, 219-248

Pfretzschner H.U, Martin T., et al (2005) A new docodont mammal from the Late Jurassic of the Junggar Basin in Northwest China, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 4, 799-808

Averianov A. O., Lopatin A. V., et al (2010) New docodontans from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia and reanalysis of Docodonta interrelationships, Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 314 2, 121-148

Bi S., Wang Y., et al (2014) Three new Jurassic euharamiyidan species reinforce early divergence of mammals, Nature 514, 579-584

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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