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Avitotherium
Taxonomy
Avitotherium was named by Cifelli (1990). It is not extant. Its type is Avitotherium utahensis.
It was assigned to Eutheria by Cifelli (1990); to Cimolesta by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Zhelestidae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Wible et al. (2007), Wible et al. (2009), Archibald and Averianov (2012).
It was assigned to Eutheria by Cifelli (1990); to Cimolesta by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Zhelestidae by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Wible et al. (2007), Wible et al. (2009), Archibald and Averianov (2012).
Species
A. utahensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Avitotherium Cifelli p. 353 |
| 1997 | Avitotherium McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Avitotherium Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 495, 512 fig. 13.27B |
| 2007 | Avitotherium Wible et al. |
| 2009 | Avitotherium Wible et al. |
| 2012 | Avitotherium Archibald and Averianov p. 362 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Judithian | USA (Utah) | A. utahensis (75837) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | A. utahensis (14466 75836) |