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Acdestis spegazzinii

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Taxonomy
Acdestis spegazzinii was named by Ameghino (1890). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Acdestis spegazzinii Ameghino

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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
speciesspegazziniiAmeghino 1890

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 spegazzinii Ameghino 1890
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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: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available