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Blacktops latidens

Mammalia - Leptictidae

Taxonomy
Blacktops latidens was named by Meehan and Martin (2010). Its type specimen is UNSM 49039, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UNSM Sx-6 (Orella C), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Blacktops latidens Meehan and Martin p. 102

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyLeptictidaeGill 1872
genusBlacktops
specieslatidens

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.

†Blacktops latidens Meehan and Martin 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available