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Prolouisina atavella

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Louisinidae

Taxonomy
Louisina atavella was named by Russell (1964). Its type specimen is MLU.Wa/356, a mandible (Right dentary with P4–M3 and alveoli for P2–3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Walbeck (Weferlingen), which is in a Selandian fissure fill sandstone/mudstone in Germany.

It was recombined as Prolouisina atavella by Hooker and Russell (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Louisina atavella Russell
2012Prolouisina atavella Hooker and Russell

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyLouisinidae
genusProlouisina
speciesatavella(Russell 1964)

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.

Prolouisina atavella Russell 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available