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Chacopterygus minutus

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Chacopterygus minutus was named by Williamson et al. (2011). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-47234, a tooth (left [upper] M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West Flank Kimbeto Wash (Puercan), which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Chacopterygus minutus Williamson et al. p. 169

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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
Eutheria()
Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusChacopterygus
speciesminutus

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.

Chacopterygus minutus Williamson et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 09:41:44
Modified: 2005-09-10 19:53:58
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Procerberus sp. (type locality: 14794)