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Bobolestes zenge

Mammalia - Bobolestidae

Taxonomy
Bobolestes zenge was named by Nessov (1985). Its type specimen is CCMGE 2/12176, a maxilla (right maxillary fragment with M2-3 and alveoli for P5 and M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SH-20, Khodzhakul, which is in a Cenomanian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan.

Synonyms
  • Otlestes meiman was named by Nessov (1985). Its type specimen is CCMGE 7/12176, a mandible (left dentary with p4-5, m1-3 and alveoli for four incisors, single-rooted c, and p1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SSHD-8, Sheikhdzheili, which is in a Cenomanian fluvial horizon in the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan. It is the type species of Otlestes.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Bobolestes zenge by Averianov and Archibald (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Bobolestes zenge Nessov p. 10 figs. Pl. 1:1
1985Otlestes meiman Nessov p. 15 figs. Pl. 1:13
1994Bobolestes zenge Nessov et al. pp. 60-61 figs. pl. 2, fig. 3
1994Otlestes meiman Nessov et al. p. 63 figs. pl. 3
1997Bobolestes zenge Nessov p. 166 figs. pl. 43
1997Otlestes meiman Nessov p. 166 figs. pl. 44
2004Bobolestes zenge Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 498
2004Otlestes meiman Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 497
2005Bobolestes zenge Archibald and Averianov
2005Bobolestes zenge Averianov and Archibald p. 596

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
superfamilyZalambdalestoideaGregory and Simpson 1926
familyBobolestidaeNessov 1989
genusBobolestes
specieszenge

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.

Bobolestes zenge Nessov 1985
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Invalid names: Otlestes meiman Nessov 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Uzbekistan (Navoi) Bobolestes zenge (type locality: 58208) Otlestes meiman (64684)