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Kukusepasutanka schultzi

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Kukusepasutanka schultzi was named by Macdonald (1956) [genotype]. Its type specimen is F:AM 49463, a partial skull (partial cranium with P2 - M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower Cabbage Patch Beds, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Renova Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Kukusepasutanka.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Kukusepasutanka schultzi Macdonald p. 642 figs. 15, 16

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
genusKukusepasutanka
speciesschultzi

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Kukusepasutanka schultzi Macdonald 1956
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Macdonald 1956Cranium large, massive with large tubular snout; M3 with large bulbous stylar cusps, transverse valley wide, deeply invades mesostyle; P2 with large internal- posterior heel, similar t o P3; unreduced; P1 missing.