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Nanolestes krusati

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Nanolestes krusati was named by Martin (2002). Its type specimen is PP 29/67, a tooth (left lower molar with para- and metaconid broken), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Porto Pinheiro, Lourinha, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl/mudstone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Nanolestes krusati Martin p. 333 figs. 10A-C
2004Nanolestes krusati Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 399
2010Nanolestes krusati Martin et al. p. 315

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

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 krusati Martin 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Martin 2002Talonid slightly larger than in Nanolestes drescherae and with three cusps. Small cuspule on the middle of the cristid obliqua. Additional cusp on the labial side of the hypoconid. Small cuspule labial to the paraconid at the crown base
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Pantotheria indet. (type locality: 69708)