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Axainamasia sandersi

Osteichthyes - Embrithopoda - Arsinoitheriidae

Discussion

The holotype specimen was previously described as "Palaeoamasia sp. nov." by Sanders et al. (2014)

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Taxonomy
Axainamasia sandersi was named by Métais et al. (2024). Its type specimen is BOY-2, a maxilla (right maxilla preserving M2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BOY-1, Boyabat, which is in a Priabonian coastal mudstone in the Cemalettin Formation of Türkiye. It is the type species of Axainamasia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Axainamasia sandersi Métais et al. figs. 7a-b

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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
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderEmbrithopoda
familyArsinoitheriidaeAndrews 1904
subfamilyPalaeoamasiinae
genusAxainamasia
speciessandersi

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†Axainamasia sandersi Métais et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available