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Bridetherium dorisae ✝

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Description

Bridetherium is an extinct genus of morganucodontan from Early Jurassic deposits of southern Wales, United Kingdom. Bridetherium is known from some isolated upper and lower molariform. It was collected in the Pant Quarry, Vale of Glamorgan. It was first named by William A. Clemens in 2011 and the type species is Bridetherium dorisae. The species name is in honour of early mammal paleontologist Doris Mary Kermack.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8665476https://www.gbif.org/species/8665476
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)216772https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=216772
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Bridetherium : Bridetherium dorisae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Morganucodonta : Bridetherium : Bridetherium dorisae
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
orderMorganucodontaKermack et al. 1973
genusBridetheriumClemens 2011
speciesBridetherium dorisaeClemens 2011
Generic NameBridetherium
Scientific NameBridetherium dorisae Clemens, 2011
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bridetherium dorisaespeciesbelongs to Bridetheriumstated with evidenceClemens, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. A. Clemens. 2011. New morganucodontans from an Early Jurassic fissure filling in Wales (united Kingdom). Palaeontology 54(5):1139-1156
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridetherium_dorisae

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2011Bridetherium dorisae Clemens p. 1141 figs. 1-3

References

Clemens W. A. (2011) New morganucodontans from an Early Jurassic fissure filling in Wales (united Kingdom), Palaeontology 54 5, 1139-1156
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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