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Palaeoamasia

Osteichthyes - Embrithopoda - Arsinoitheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoamasia was named by Ozansoy (1966). It is the type genus of Palaeoamasiinae.

It was assigned to Arsinoitheriidae by Carroll (1988); to Embrithopoda by Court (1990); to Palaeoamasiinae by Sen and Heintz (1979), Maas et al. (1998), Erdal et al. (2016); and to Palaeoamasiidae by Gheerbrant et al. (2021), Métais et al. (2024).

Species
P. kansui
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2020-08-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Palaeoamasia Ozansoy
1979Palaeoamasia Sen and Heintz p. 76
1988Palaeoamasia Carroll
1990Palaeoamasia Court p. 170
1998Palaeoamasia Maas et al. p. 288
2016Palaeoamasia Erdal et al.
2021Palaeoamasia Gheerbrant et al.
2024Palaeoamasia Métais et al.

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderEmbrithopoda
familyArsinoitheriidaeAndrews 1904
subfamilyPalaeoamasiinae
genusPalaeoamasiaOzansoy 1966

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. †Palaeoamasia Ozansoy 1966
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†Palaeoamasia kansui Ozansoy 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Rupelian or 56.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Türkiye (Amasya) P. kansui (84608)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Türkiye P. kansui (84607 84609 182489)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Türkiye P. n. sp. (182499)