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Palaeothentes smeti

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Taxonomy
Palaeothentes smeti was named by Flynn et al. (2002). Its type specimen is SGO PV 2304, a maxilla (maxillary fragment bearing P2-M3), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Pampa Castillo, which is in a Burdigalian fluvial sandstone/siltstone in the Galera Formation of Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Palaeothentes smeti Flynn et al. p. 292

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyPalaeothentoidea
familyPalaeothentidaeSinclair 1906
genusPalaeothentesAmeghino 1887
speciessmeti

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.

†Palaeothentes smeti Flynn et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available