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Necrolestidae (disused)

Mammalia - Groeberida - Nototheriidae

Taxonomy
Necrolestidae was named by Ameghino (1894). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Insectivora by Ameghino (1894); to Zalambdodonta by Gregory (1910); to Lipotyphla by Jaekel (1911); to Marsupialia by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Mammalia by Goin et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Necrolestidae Ameghino
1910Necrolestidae Gregory p. 464
1911Necrolestidae Jaekel p. 210
1997Necrolestidae McKenna and Bell
2007Necrolestidae Goin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Marsupialia()
Didelphia
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderGroeberidaPascual et al. 1994
Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
orderMarsupicarnivoraRide 1964
familyNototheriidae
familyNumbigilgidae
familyOdontomysopidae
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
Peradectidae(Crochet 1979)
familyNecrolestidaeAmeghino 1894
genusNecrolestidae

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.

Fm. †Necrolestidae Ameghino 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2011-04-28 22:06:26
Modified: 2011-04-28 07:06:26
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Horovitz et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available