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Butselia biveri

Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae

Taxonomy
Butselia biveri was named by Quinet and Misonne (1965). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hoogbutsel, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Borgloon Formation of Belgium. It is the type species of Butselia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Butselia biveri Quinet and Misonne
2009Butselia biveri Ziegler p. 366

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familyPlesiosoricidaeWinge 1917
genusButseliaQuinet and Misonne 1965
speciesbiveriQuinet and Misonne 1965

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.

†Butselia biveri Quinet and Misonne 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the MP 21 or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Butselia biveri (type locality: 31748)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Germany (Bayern) Butselia biveri (91490)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany (Bayern) Butselia biveri (91491)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Brabant) Butselia biveri (75867)