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Kukusepasutanka schultzi

Osteichthyes - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Kukusepasutanka schultzi was named by Macdonald (1956) [genotype]. Its type specimen is F:AM 49463, a partial skull (partial cranium with P2 - M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower Cabbage Patch Beds, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Renova Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Kukusepasutanka.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Kukusepasutanka schultzi Macdonald p. 642 figs. 15, 16

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
genusKukusepasutanka
speciesschultzi

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.

Kukusepasutanka schultzi Macdonald 1956
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Macdonald 1956Cranium large, massive with large tubular snout; M3 with large bulbous stylar cusps, transverse valley wide, deeply invades mesostyle; P2 with large internal- posterior heel, similar t o P3; unreduced; P1 missing.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:33:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:33:14
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kron and Manning 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Arikareean or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Kukusepasutanka sp. (type locality: 17540)