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Ambilestes

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy

Ambilestes was named by Fox (2015). Its type is Cimolestes cerberoides.

It was assigned to Cimolestidae by Fox (2015).

Species

A. cerberoides

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2015	Ambilestes Fox

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Cimolesta	()
family	Cimolestidae	Marsh 1889
genus	Ambilestes

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.

G. †Ambilestes Fox 2015

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†Ambilestes cerberoides Lillegraven 1969

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubc

Diet:

insectivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-09-10 09:41:44

Modified:

2005-09-10 19:53:58

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Lancian to the top of the Puercan or 72.20000 to 63.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	Canada (Saskatchewan)	Cimolestes cerberoides (14584)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Montana)	Cimolestes cerberoides (14654)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	Cimolestes cerberoides (14630 14632 14633 14634 14636 14637)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.8	USA (Montana)	A. cerberoides (14801)