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Bustylus cernaysi

Mammalia - Adapisoriculidae

Taxonomy
Bustylus cernaysi was named by Gheerbrant and Russell (1991). Its type specimen is CR 15950, a tooth (left m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cernay, which is in a Thanetian terrestrial horizon in the Conglomérat de Cernay Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Bustylus cernaysi Gheerbrant and Russell
1995Bustylus cernaysi Gheerbrant

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
familyAdapisoriculidaeVan Valen 1967
genusBustylus
speciescernaysi

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.

Bustylus cernaysi Gheerbrant and Russell 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) Afrodon sp. (74643)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Bustylus cernaysi (68428 type locality: 87925)