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Seia

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Seia was named by Russell and Gingerich (1981). It is not extant. Its type is Seia shahi.

It was assigned to Erinaceomorpha by Russell and Gingerich (1981); and to Lipotyphla by Gingerich et al. (1983).

Species
S. shahi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Seia Russell and Gingerich p. 278
1983Seia Gingerich et al. p. 404

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
Erinaceomorpha()
genusSeia

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. †Seia Russell and Gingerich 1981
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Seia shahi Russell and Gingerich 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Lutetian or 59.20000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain (Cataluña) S. sp. (79304)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (North-West Frontier) S. shahi (28978)