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Potamotelses

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Potamotelses was named by Fox (1972). It is not extant. Its type is Potamotelses aquilensis.

It was assigned to Tribosphenida by Cifelli (1993); to Potamotelsidae by Fox (1972) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Boreosphenida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Species
P. aquilensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Potamotelses Fox
1993Potamotelses Cifelli p. 9415
1997Potamotelses McKenna and Bell
2004Potamotelses Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 423-424 fig. 11.6E

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
genusPotamotelsesFox 1972

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.

G. †Potamotelses Fox 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreg
Created: 2005-09-07 09:53:31
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:53:31
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) P. aquilensis (14425)