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Rhyncholestes

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae

Taxonomy

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Rhyncholestes Osgood
1980Rhyncholestes Marshall
1994Rhyncholestes Springer et al. p. 86
2005Rhyncholestes Wilson and Reeder
2009Rhyncholestes Goin et al.
2021Rhyncholestes Abello et al.

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyCaenolestoidea
familyCaenolestidaeTrouessart 1898
genusRhyncholestesOsgood 1924

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. Rhyncholestes Osgood 1924
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Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood 1924 [Long-nosed caenolestid]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available