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Eupantotheria ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	39878	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39878

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Eupantotheria

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
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Theriamorpha
-	Theriiformes
-	Trechnotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Cladotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Boreosphenida
subclass	Theria	Parker and Haswell 1897
order	Pantotheria	Marsh 1880
order	Eupantotheria	Kermack and Musset 1958

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eupantotheria	order	belongs to Pantotheria	stated without evidence	Clemens, 1963
Eupantotheria	order	belongs to Theria	stated with evidence	Bonaparte, 1986
Eupantotheria	order	belongs to Trituberculata	implied	Carroll, 1988
Eupantotheria	order	belongs to Pantotheria	stated with evidence	Dashzeveg, 1994
Eupantotheria	order	belongs to Cladotheria	stated without evidence	Averianov and Lopatin, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Mammalia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Theria)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Theria)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Henkelotheriidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Vincelestidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Brancatherulum ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	152 Ma Late Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Butlerigale ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Guimarota ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1958	Eupantotheria Kermack and Musset
1963	Eupantotheria Clemens p. 62
1979	Eupantotheria Kraus p. 164
1986	Eupantotheria Bonaparte p. 57
1988	Eupantotheria Carroll
1994	Eupantotheria Dashzeveg p. 2
2011	Eupantotheria Averianov and Lopatin p. 34

References

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

Clemens W. A. (1963) Wealden mammalian fossils, Palaeontology 6 1, 55-69

Kraus M. J. (1979) Eupantotheria, Mesozoic mammals: the first two-thirds of mammalian history, 162-171

Bonaparte J. F. (1986) Sobre Mesungulatum houusayi y nuevos mamíferos Cretácicos de Patagonia, Argentina [On Mesungulatum houssayi and new Cretaceous mammals from Patagonia, Argentina], Actas del IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Biostratigrafía 2, 48-61

Dashzeveg D. (1994) Two previously unknown eupantotheres (Mammalia, Eupantotheria), American Museum Novitates 3107, 1-11

Averianov A. O., Lopatin A. V. (2011) Phylogeny of Triconodonts and Symmetrodonts and the Origin of Extant Mammals, Doklady Biological Sciences 436, 32-35

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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