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Nanolestes drescherae

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Nanolestes drescherae was named by Martin (2002). Its type specimen is Gui Mam 1002, a tooth (right lower molar from the middle of the tooth row), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal. It is the type species of Nanolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Nanolestes drescherae Martin p. 333 figs. 1, 2A-C
2004Nanolestes drescherae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 399
2010Nanolestes drescherae Martin et al. p. 314

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
genusNanolestes
speciesdrescherae

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.

Nanolestes drescherae Martin 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Martin 2002Difers from Nanolestes krusati by the presence of a smaller molar talonid and an anterobasal cingulum labial to the paraconid at the crown base. Molar talonid with only two cusps, lacking an additional cusp on the labial side of the hypoconid (present in N. krusati).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 157.30000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Nanolestes drescherae (type locality: 24563)