Adelobasileus Lucas and Hunt 1990 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Full reference: S. G. Lucas and A. P. Hunt. 1990. The oldest mammal. New Mexico Journal of Science 30:41-49

Parent taxon: Mammaliaformes according to Z.-X. Luo et al. 2001

See also Bi et al. 2014, Heckert 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Lucas and Hunt 1990

Sister taxa: Amphilestheria, Bocaconodon, Docodonta, Hadrocodium, Haramiyida, Kuehneotheriidae, Mammalia, Morganucodonta, Sinoconodon

Subtaxa: Adelobasileus cromptoni

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Type: Adelobasileus cromptoni

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at NMMNH L-1430, Upper Kalgary (Triassic of Texas)

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