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Acdestis maddeni

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Taxonomy
Acdestis maddeni was named by Goin et al. (2003). Its type specimen is MNHN-Pal-Bol-V-4000, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Rosario, which is in a Laventan fluvial claystone in Bolivia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Acdestis maddeni Goin et al. p. 308 figs. 1-3
2017Acdestis maddeni Engelman 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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyPalaeothentoidea
familyPalaeothentidaeSinclair 1906
genusAcdestisAmeghino 1887
speciesmaddeni

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.

Acdestis maddeni Goin et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973

Age range: Laventan or 13.80000 to 11.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Bolivia (Tarija) Acdestis maddeni (type locality: 133664)