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Eoletes gracilis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae

Taxonomy
Eoletes gracilis was named by Biryukov (1974). Its type specimen is KAN 5088/69, a skull (skull with left and right P1-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shinzhaly, which is in an Irdinmanhan terrestrial mudstone in the Kolpak Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Eoletes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Eoletes gracilis Biryukov
1997Eoletes gracilis Lucas et al. p. 236

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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
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
familyLophialetidaeMatthew and Granger 1925
genusEoletesBiryukov 1974
speciesgracilisBiryukov 1974

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.

Eoletes gracilis Biryukov 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:02:20
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:02:20
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Colbert and Schoch 1998

Age range: Irdinmanhan or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irdinmanhan56.0 - 37.71Kazakhstan Eoletes gracilis (type locality: 53657)