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Jarveia minuscula

Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

Taxonomy
Jarveia minuscula was named by Nessov (1987). Its type specimen is CCMGE 13/12455, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhylga 1a, which is in a Paleocene marine sandstone in Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Jarveia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Jarveia minuscula Nessov pp. 208-209

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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()
orderProteutheria
familyPalaeoryctidaeWinge 1917
genusJarveia
speciesminuscula

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.

†Jarveia minuscula Nessov 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitef
Ontogeny: modification of partsf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 10:27:49
Modified: 2005-09-10 12:27:49
Source: f = family, subc = subclass
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Fox 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Jarveia minuscula (type locality: 48888)