Malleodectes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dasyuromorphia

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Dasyuromorphia

Familia: †Malleodectidae
Genus: †Malleodectes
Species (†3): †M. mirabilis – †M. moenia – †M. wentworthi

Name

Malleodectes Arena, Archer, Godthelp, Hand & Hocknull, 2011: 3529

• Type species: Malleodectes mirabilis Arena, Archer, Godthelp, Hand & Hocknull, 2011, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Arena, D.A., Archer, M., Godthelp, H., Hand, S.J. & Hocknull, S. 2011. Hammer-toothed 'marsupial skinks' from the Australian Cenozoic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278(1724): 3529–3533. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0486 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Archer, M., Hand, S.J., Black, K.H., Beck, R.M.D., Arena, D.A., Wilson, L.A.B., Kealy, S. & Hung, T.-T. 2016. A new family of bizarre durophagous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland. Scientific Reports 6(26911): 1–14. DOI: 10.1038/srep26911 Reference page.