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Acdestis oweni

Osteichthyes - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Taxonomy
Acdestis oweni was named by Ameghino (1887).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Acdestis oweni Ameghino
1894Acdestis oweni Ameghino p. 86
2012Acdestis owenii Abello et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
familyPalaeothentidaeSinclair 1906
genusAcdestisAmeghino 1887
speciesoweniAmeghino 1887

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.

†Acdestis oweni Ameghino 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Acdestis oweni (59133 59319 59320 59321 59323)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Acdestis oweni (59332 87314 144940 176565 176576 176580 176582 176590 176594 210638 210786) Acdestis owenii (59333 59334 176563 176570 176571 176578)