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Catopsalis kakwa

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae

Taxonomy
Catopsalis kakwa was named by Scott et al. (2018). Its type specimen is TMP 2012.024.0063, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zagas Quarry (TMP locality L2391), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial siltstone in the Porcupine Hills Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Catopsalis kakwa Scott et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyTaeniolabidoidea()
familyTaeniolabididaeGranger and Simpson 1929
genusCatopsalisCope 1882
specieskakwa

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.

†Catopsalis kakwa Scott et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2005-09-09 09:08:29
Modified: 2005-09-09 11:08:29
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Catopsalis kakwa (143200 type locality: 194573 194574 194575)