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Aquiladelphis minor

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4975105https://www.gbif.org/species/4975105
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)44202https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=44202
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pediomyidae : Aquiladelphis : Aquiladelphis minor
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Aquiladelphidae : Aquiladelphis : Aquiladelphis minor
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
-Marsupialia
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
superfamilyPediomyoideaSimpson 1927
familyAquiladelphidaeDavis 2007
genusAquiladelphisFox 1971
speciesAquiladelphis minorFox 1971
Generic NameAquiladelphis
Scientific NameAquiladelphis minor Fox, 1971
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aquiladelphis minorspeciesbelongs to Aquiladelphisstated without evidenceFox, 1971
Aquiladelphis minorspeciesbelongs to Aquiladelphisstated with evidenceDavis, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Marsupialia)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. C. Fox. 1971. Marsupial mammals from the early Campanian Milk River Formation, Alberta, Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(suppl. 1):145-164

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Aquiladelphis paraminor Rigby & Wolberg, 1987GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pediomyidae : Aquiladelphis : Aquiladelphis paraminor

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1971Aquiladelphis minor Fox
1979Aquiladelphis minor Clemens p. 193
1987Aquiladelphis paraminor Rigby, Jr. and Wolberg
2004Aquiladelphis minor Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 457
2004Aquiladelphis paraminor Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 457
2007Aquiladelphis minor Davis p. 245

References

Fox R. C. (1971) Marsupial mammals from the early Campanian Milk River Formation, Alberta, Canada, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50 suppl. 1, 145-164
Rigby, Jr. J. K., Wolberg D. L. (1987) The therian mammalian fauna (Campanian) of Quarry 1, Fossil Forest study area, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, Geological Society of America Special Paper 209, 51-79
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
Davis B. M. (2007) A revision of “pediomyid” marsupials from the Late Cretaceous of North America, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 2, 217-256
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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