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Ambolestes zhoui

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Ambolestes zhoui was named by Bi et al. (2018). Its type specimen is STM33-5, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xisanjia, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Ambolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Ambolestes zhoui Bi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
genusAmbolestes
specieszhoui

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.

†Ambolestes zhoui Bi et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available