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Aktashmys montealbus

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Strenulagidae

Taxonomy
Aktashmys montealbus was named by Averianov (1994). Its type specimen is TsNIGR Museum, no. 3/12676, a tooth (Left M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Andarak 2, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Alai Beds Formation of Kyrgyzstan. It is the type species of Aktashmys.

Synonyms
  • Valerilagus reshetovi was named by Shevyreva (1995). Its type specimen is PIN, no. 3486/199, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Andarak 2, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Alai Beds Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Aktashmys montealbus by Averianov and Lopatin (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Aktashmys montealbus Averianov
1995Valerilagus reshetovi Shevyreva

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyStrenulagidae
genusAktashmys
speciesmontealbus

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.

Aktashmys montealbus Averianov 1994
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Invalid names: Valerilagus reshetovi Shevyreva 1995 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:12
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:12
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Aktashmys montealbus, Valerilagus reshetovi (type locality: 28490)