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Louisina mirabilis

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Louisinidae

Taxonomy
Louisina mirabilis was named by Russell (1964). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.BR143, a mandible (Left dentary with crowns of M1–3 and alveoli of P2–4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mont Berru, which is in a Thanetian fluvial conglomerate in the Sables de Bracheux Formation of France. It is the type species of Louisina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Louisina mirabilis Russell
2012Louisina mirabilis 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
genusLouisinaRussell 1964
speciesmirabilisRussell 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.

†Louisina mirabilis Russell 1964
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Diagnosis
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