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Maelestes gobiensis

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Maelestes gobiensis was named by Wible et al. (2007). Its type specimen is PSS-MAE 607, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull, left mandible, atlas, axis, vertebrae, ribs, forelimb, and astragalus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maelestes type locality, Ukhaa Tolgod, which is in a Campanian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Maelestes gobiensis Wible et al. p. 1003
2009Maelestes gobiensis Wible et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
genusMaelestes
speciesgobiensis

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.

†Maelestes gobiensis Wible et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 09:41:44
Modified: 2005-09-10 19:53:58
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia Maelestes gobiensis (type locality: 87870)