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Nortedelphys minimus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Nortedelphys minimus was named by Case et al. (2004) [original description omits heading of section describing the species (corrected in Case et al. 2005) but is clearly valid under the ICZN]. Its type specimen is UCMP 72211, a tooth (LM3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bug Creek Anthills (Reworked), which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Nortedelphys minimus Case et al. p. 242

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusNortedelphys
speciesminimus

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.

†Nortedelphys minimus Case et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available