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Decastis columnaris

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Abderitidae

Taxonomy
Decastis columnaris was named by Ameghino (1891). It is the type species of Decastis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Decastis columnaris Ameghino p. 19
1894Decastis columnaris Ameghino p. 86

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyPalaeothentoidea
familyAbderitidae(Ameghino 1889)
genusDecastis
speciescolumnaris

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.

†Decastis columnaris Ameghino 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-25 01:37:26
Modified: 2013-05-24 10:37:26
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Dumont and Brown 1997, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available