Tinodon bellus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mammalia incertae sedis
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia

Familia: †Tinodontidae
Genus: †Tinodon
Species: †Tinodon bellus

Name

†Tinodon bellus Marsh, 1879

Holotype: YPM 11843, a mandible (right mandible with M1-4).

Type locality and horizon: Quarry 9, Como Bluff, Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA.

Synonyms

†Tinodon lepidus Marsh, 1879

Holotype: YPM 11845, a mandible (partial left mandible with broken M1 and M3).

Type locality and horizon: Quarry 9, Como Bluff, Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA.

†Menacodon rarus Marsh, 1887

Holotype: USNM 2131, a mandible (partial left mandible with C, P1-3, and M1-3).

Type locality and horizon: Quarry 9, Como Bluff, Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA.

†Amphidon aequicruris Simpson, 1925 [combined to Eurylambda aequicruris: Simpson, 1929]

Holotype: YPM 13639, a maxilla (partial right maxilla with one molar).

Type locality and horizon: Quarry 9, Como Bluff, Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA.

References

Primary references

Marsh, O.C. 1879. Additional remains of Jurassic mammals. American Journal of Science 18: 215–216.
Marsh, O.C. 1887. American Jurassic mammals. American Journal of Science 33: 326–348.
Simpson, G.G. 1925. Mesozoic Mammalia. II: Tinodon and its allies. American Journal of Science, series 5, 10(59): 451–470.
Simpson, G.G. 1929. American Mesozoic Mammalia. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Yale University 3(1): 1–171.

Additional references

Simpson, G.G. 1925. Mesozoic Mammalia, III: preliminary comparison of Jurassic mammals except multituberculates. American Journal of Science, series 5, 10(60): 559–569.
Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., Cifelli, R.L. & Luo, Z.-X. 2004. Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure. Columbia University Press, New York. 1–630 pp. ISBN 9780231119184 Reference page.