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Afriquiamus nessovi

Mammalia - Peramura - Peramuridae

Taxonomy
Afriquiamus nessovi was named by Sigogneau-Russell (1999). Its type specimen is SA 84, a tooth (upper left molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian deltaic sandstone in the Ksar Metlili Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Afriquiamus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Afriquiamus nessovi Sigogneau-Russell p. 121 figs. 25-26
2004Afriquiamus nessovi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 380

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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
Zatheria
orderPeramura()
familyPeramuridaeKretzoi 1946
genusAfriquiamus
speciesnessovi

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.

Afriquiamus nessovi Sigogneau-Russell 1999
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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: Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 145.06000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Oriental) Afriquiamus nessovi (type locality: 45726)