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Ekaltadeta ima

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Ekaltadeta ima was named by Archer and Flannery (1985). Its type specimen is QM F12423, a mandible (left dentary containing P2, P3, M1-2, M4, lingual side of M3 and alveolus of I1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gag Site, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian lacustrine carbonate in Australia. It is the type species of Ekaltadeta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Ekaltadeta ima Archer and Flannery
2001Ekaltadeta ima Myers et al. p. 148

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilyPropleopinae
genusEkaltadeta
speciesima

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.

†Ekaltadeta ima Archer and Flannery 1985
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Diagnosis
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