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Nemolestes

Osteichthyes - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Nemolestes was named by Ameghino (1902). Its type is Nemolestes spalacotherinus.

It was assigned to Spalacotheriidae by Ameghino (1902); and to Borhyaenidae by Simpson (1948), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
N. lagunafriensis, N. spalacotherinus (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2015-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Nemolestes Ameghino p. 48
1948Nemolestes Simpson
1997Nemolestes McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
—Borhyaenidae()
genusNemolestes

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. †Nemolestes Ameghino 1902
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†Nemolestes lagunafriensis Rangel et al. 2023
†Nemolestes spalacotherinus Ameghino 1902
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, Goin 1997, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Riochican to the top of the Bartonian or 57.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Riochican57.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) N. sp. (13781)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Argentina (Chubut) Nemolestes indet. (176059)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Brazil (Paraná) N. sp. (186567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) N. spalacotherinus (176163)