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Phascolestes mustelula

Mammalia - Dryolestidae

Taxonomy
Amblotherium mustelula was named by Owen (1871). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Phascolestes.

It was recombined as Phascolestes mustelula by Owen (1871), Simpson (1928), Kraus (1979); it was misspelled as Phascolestes mustelulus by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Phascolestes mustelula Owen
1871Amblotherium mustelula Owen p. 31 figs. Pl. 2, fig. 2
1871Phascolestes longirostris Owen p. 35
1928Phascolestes mustelula Simpson p. 143 figs. Pl. 11, figs 4-6
1979Phascolestes mustelula Kraus p. 164
2004Phascolestes mustelulus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 387

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Dryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
familyDryolestidaeMarsh 1879
genusPhascolestes
speciesmustelula()

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.

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Invalid names: Phascolestes longirostris Owen 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 141.00000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Amblotherium mustelula, Phascolestes longirostris (type locality: 72142)