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Puercolestes simpsoni

Osteichthyes - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Puercolestes simpsoni was named by Reynolds (1936). Its type specimen is UCMP 36658, a partial skull (partial skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammalon Hill, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Puercolestes.

It was recombined as Cimolestes simpsoni by Clemens (1973), Williamson and Lucas (1993).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Puercolestes simpsoni Reynolds
1973Cimolestes simpsoni Clemens
1993Cimolestes simpsoni Williamson and Lucas
2011Puercolestes simpsoni Williamson et al. p. 164

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusPuercolestes
speciessimpsoni

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.

†Puercolestes simpsoni Reynolds 1936
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Diagnosis
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