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Andinogale sallensis

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Andinogale sallensis was named by Hoffstetter and Petter (1983). Its type specimen is MNHN SAL 92, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sallacyon hoffstetteri by MacFadden et al. (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Andinogale sallensis Hoffstetter and Petter

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
subfamilyHathlyacininae()
genusAndinogale
speciessallensis

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.

Andinogale sallensis Hoffstetter and Petter 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:51:13
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:51:13
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Goin 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Deseadan or 29.00000 to 21.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia Andinogale sallensis (type locality: 95688)