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Zaraalestes

Mammalia - Changlelestidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Zaraalestes Storch and Dashzeveg p. 438
2003Zaraalestes Lopatin
2007Zaraalestes Ziegler et al.

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familyChanglelestidae
subfamilyTupaiodontinaeButler 1988
genusZaraalestes

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.

G. †Zaraalestes Storch and Dashzeveg 1997
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Zaraalestes minutus Matthew and Granger 1924
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Invalid names: Ictopidium tatalgolensis Sulimski 1970 [synonym]
Zaraalestes russelli Storch and Dashzeveg 1997
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Storch and D. Dashzeveg 1997P4-M2 distinctly expanded transversely. Pp4 relatively small. P3 iwth anteroposteriorly short lingual lobe. Hypocone on P4 -M2 small and conical, no posterolabial ridge on P4 hypocone. Postmetaconule crest on M1-2 short, not reaching postcingulum. (Diagnosis of upper dentition based only on Z. russelli). p1 lacking. p2 single-rooted. Paraconid of p4 protruding anteriorly, high, and pointed. Slight reduction in size from m1 to m3. m1-3 with well-developed labial cingulid along protoconid and hypoflexid. Metaconid and entoconid of m2-3 not canted strongly lingually.