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Carnilestes palaeoasiaticus

Mammalia - Sarcodontidae

Taxonomy
Carnilestes palaeoasiaticus was named by Wang and Zhai (1995). Its type specimen is IVPP V10488, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 100 m NW of Nanxiong Normal School, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Shanghu Formation of China. It is the type species of Carnilestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Carnilestes palaeoasiaticus Wang and Zhai p. 132

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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()
—Cimolesta()
familySarcodontidae()
genusCarnilestes
speciespalaeoasiaticus

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.

†Carnilestes palaeoasiaticus Wang and Zhai 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Paleocene or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66China (Guangdong) Carnilestes palaeoasiaticus (type locality: 132957 132958 132959 132960)