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Lavanify miolaka

Osteichthyes - Sudamericidae

Taxonomy
Lavanify miolaka was named by Krause et al. (1997). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 8653, a tooth (well preserved cheek-tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD96-01 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Lavanify.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Lavanify miolaka Krause et al. pp. 504-507 fig. 2
2004Lavanify miolaka Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 519

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
suborderGondwanatheriaMones 1987
familySudamericidaeScillato-Yané and Pascual 1984
genusLavanify
speciesmiolaka

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.

Lavanify miolaka Krause et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Lavanify miolaka (type locality: 39265 39266)