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Pariadens kirklandi ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | species | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Stagodontidae : Pariadens : Pariadens kirklandi | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Stagodontidae : Pariadens : Pariadens kirklandi | ||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Pariadens | ||||||||||
Scientific Name | Pariadens kirklandi Cifelli & Eaton, 1987 | ||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Stagodontidae) | ||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||
Diet | carnivore, durophage (based on Stagodontidae) | ||||||||||
Reproduction | viviparous (based on Theria) | ||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Cifelli and J. G. Eaton. 1987. Marsupial from the earliest Late Cretaceous of Western US. Nature 325(6104):520-522 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1987 | Pariadens kirklandi Cifelli and Eaton |
2004 | Pariadens kirklandi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 461 |
References
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!