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Litaletes gazinensis

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Litaletes gazinensis was named by Robison (1986) [originally described as L. "gazinensis"; name emended by Cifelli et al. 1999c]. Its type specimen is BYU 3773, a maxilla (right maxilla fragment with the posterior half of M1 and M2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dairy Creek, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah.

It was corrected as Litaletes gazini by Cifelli et al. (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Litaletes gazinensis Robison pp. 129 - 130 figs. Plate 4, figure 13
1999Litaletes gazini Cifelli et al. p. 383

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
genusLitaletes
speciesgazinensis

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.

Litaletes gazinensis Robison 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:57:38
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:57:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available