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Jattadectes mamikheli

Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

Taxonomy
Jattadectes mamikheli was named by Thewissen et al. (2001). Its type specimen is H-GSP 97203, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment with M2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jatta Salt Mine, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Mami Khel Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Jattadectes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Jattadectes mamikheli Thewissen et al. p. 352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
—Euprimateformes
superfamilyPlesiadapoidea
familyPlesiadapidaeTrouessart 1897
genusJattadectes
speciesmamikheli

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Jattadectes mamikheli Thewissen et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available