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Zhelestes

Mammalia - Zhelestidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Zhelestes Nessov pp. 15-16
1994Zhelestes Nessov et al. pp. 63-64, 71
1998Zhelestes Nessov et al. p. 53
2004Zhelestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 510 fig. 13.26A
2005Zhelestes Archibald and Averianov
2007Zhelestes Wible et al.
2012Zhelestes Archibald and Averianov p. 363

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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()
familyZhelestidaeNessov 1990
genusZhelestes

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. †Zhelestes Nessov 1985
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Invalid names: Sorlestes budan 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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.3 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Sorlestes budan (46959 58168 118246) Z. temirkazyk (58174)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Zhelestidae indet. (123485)