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Lainodon orueetxebarriai

Osteichthyes - Zhelestidae

Taxonomy
Lainodon orueetxebarriai was named by Gheerbrant and Astibia (1994). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laño L1A, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone/siltstone in the Vitoria Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Lainodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Lainodon orueetxebarriai Gheerbrant and Astibia
2004Lainodon orueetxebarriai Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 495, 513
2012Lainodon orueetxebarriai Archibald and Averianov p. 403
2012Lainodon orueetxebarriai Gheerbrant and Astibia

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
familyZhelestidaeNessov 1990
subfamilyLainodontinae
genusLainodon
speciesorueetxebarriai

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.

†Lainodon orueetxebarriai Gheerbrant and Astibia 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. D. Archibald and A. Averianov 2012Differs from all zhelestids except Sheikhdzheilia with protoconid tallest cusp on trigonid; labial postcingulid absent. Differs from all zhelestids except Sheikhdzheilia and Avitotherium by protocristid oblique. Differs from all zhelestids except Avitotherium and Gallolestes by paraconid on lingual margin present. Differs from all zhelestids except Avitotherium, Gallolestes, and Parazhelestes by trigonid angle between 36–49°.
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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) Lainodon orueetxebarriai, Labes sp. (type locality: 28406)