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Vielasia sigei

Mammalia - Chiroptera

Taxonomy
Vielasia sigei was named by Hand et al. (2023). Its type specimen is UM-VIE-250, a partial skeleton (Teeth, partial skull, and some postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vielase, which is in a MP 10/MP 11 karst phosphorite in France. It is the type species of Vielasia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Vielasia sigei Hand et al. pp. 4625-4629 fig. 1

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
genusVielasia
speciessigei

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.

†Vielasia sigei Hand et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2008-02-13 12:22:21
Modified: 2008-02-13 14:22:21
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MP 10 to the top of the MP 11 or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 10 - MP 1156.0 - 41.03France Vielasia sigei (type locality: 183396)