Macrocranion

Macrocranion tupaiodon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Erinaceidae
Genus: † Macrocranion

Species: M. huerzeleri – M. germonpreae – M. junnei – M. nitens – M. robinsoni – M. storchi – M. sudrei – M. tenerum – M. tupaiodon – M. vandebroeki

Name

Macrocranion Weitzel, 1949

• Type species: M. tupaiodon Weitzel, 1949

Synonyms

• Aculeodens Weitzel, 1949
• Dormaalius Quinet, 1964

References

• Weitzel, K., 1949: Neue Wirbeltiere (Rodentia, Insectivora, Testudinata) aus dem Mitteleozän von Messel bei Darmstadt. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 480: 1-24. Reference page. 
• Smith, Thierry and Smith, Richard (1995): Le genre Dormaalius Quinet, 1964 de l'Éocene inférieur de Belgique, synonyme du genre Macrocranion Weitzel, 1949 (Mammalia, Lipotyphla). Imprimerie du Ministère des Affaires Economiques, 7(274): 1–20. ISSN 0378-0902.
• Smith, T., Bloch, J. I., Strait, S. G., & Gingerich, P. D. (2002): New species of Macrocranion (Mammalia, Lipotyphla) from the earliest Eocene of North America and its biogeographic implications. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 30(14): 373–384.

Links

• Macrocranion – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

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