Sinoconodon rigneyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mammaliaformes

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

Familia: †Sinoconodontidae
Genus: †Sinoconodon
Species: †Sinoconodon rigneyi

Name

• †Sinoconodon rigneyi Patterson & Olson, 1961: 133

Holotype: FMNH CUP 1, a partial skull (anterior part of skull and lower jaws).

Type locality and horizon: Tati, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, China; Upper Red Beds, Lower Lufeng Formation, Early Jurassic (Sinemurian).

Synonyms

• Lufengoconodon changchiawaensis Young, 1982: 23 [synonymized by Luo & Wu (1994: 262)]
  • Sinoconodon changchiawaensis: Crompton & Sun, 1985 [subsequent combination]

Holotype: IVPP V7201, V4727, a skull, mandible, and anterior limb.

Type locality and horizon: Zhangjiawa, China; Upper Red Beds, Lower Lufeng Formation. Early Jurassic (Sinemurian).

• Sinoconodon parringtoni Young, 1982 [synonymized by Luo & Wu (1994: 262)]

Holotype: IVPP V7203, V4726, a mandible and skull lacking the occipital region.

Type locality and horizon: Zhangjiawa, China; Upper Red Beds, Lower Lufeng Formation. Early Jurassic (Sinemurian).

• Sinoconodon yangi Zhang & Cui, 1983: 32 [synonymized by Luo & Wu (1994: 262)]

Holotype: IVPP V 6747, a skull and mandible.

Type locality and horizon: South of Dahuangtian Village, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, China; Upper Red Beds, Lower Lufeng Formation; Early Jurassic (Sinemurian).

References

Primary references

• Patterson, B. & Olson, E.C. 1961. A triconodont mammal from the Triassic of Yunnan. pp. 129–191 in Vanderbroek, G. (ed.). International Colloquium on the Evolution of Lower and Non Specialized Mammals. Koninklijke Vlaamse Academir voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten can Belgie. Paleis des Academien: Brussels. Reference page. 
• Young, C.C. 1982. [Two primitive mammals from Lufeng, Yunnan] (in Chinese). pp. 21–24 in [Selected Works of Yang Zhungjian]. Science Press: Beijing.
• Zhang, F. & Cui, G. 1983. [New material and new understanding of Sinoconodon] (in Chinese). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(1): 32–41.
• Luo, Z.-X. & Wu, X.-C. 1994. The small tetrapods of the lower Lufeng Formation,Yunnan, China. pp. 251–270 in Fraser, N.C. & Sues, H.-D. (eds.). In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs—Early Mesozoic Tetrapods. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 448 pp.

Additional references

• 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.