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Deccanolestes robustus

Mammalia - Adapisoriculidae

Taxonomy
Deccanolestes robustus was named by Prasad et al. (1994). Its type specimen is VPL/JU/NKIM/13, a tooth (right [upper] M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Naskal microvertebrate site, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/mudstone in India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Deccanolestes robustus Prasad et al. p. 268
2003Deccanolestes robustus Rana and Wilson p. 337
2004Deccanolestes robustus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 504-505

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
familyAdapisoriculidaeVan Valen 1967
genusDeccanolestesPrasad and Sahni 1988
speciesrobustus

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.

†Deccanolestes robustus Prasad et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 13:26:47
Modified: 2005-09-07 15:26:47
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Deccanolestes robustus (type locality: 27014 122240)