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Necrolestes patagonensis

Mammalia - Meridiolestida

Taxonomy
Necrolestes patagonensis was named by Ameghino (1891). It is the type species of Necrolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Necrolestes patagonensis Ameghino p. 17
1894Necrolestes patagonensis Ameghino p. 106

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
superorderDryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
orderMeridiolestida
genusNecrolestes
speciespatagonensis

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.

†Necrolestes patagonensis Ameghino 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Santacrucian or 23.03000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Argentina Necrolestes patagonensis (206766)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Necrolestes patagonensis (142533)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina Necrolestes patagonensis (206768)