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Anasinopa leakeyi

Mammalia - Creodonta

Taxonomy
Anasinopa leakeyi was named by Savage (1965). Its type specimen is BMNH M. 19081, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rusinga Island, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Anasinopa leakeyi Savage p. 247 figs. PL 1, figs. 6, 7; PL 2; Text-figs. 19-22
2014Anasinopa leakeyi Solé 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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyainailouroidea
—Teratodontinae()
genusAnasinopa
speciesleakeyi

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.

†Anasinopa leakeyi Savage 1965
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Anasinopa leakeyi (21736 146600)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Anasinopa leakeyi (type locality: 21725 38060 146599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Anasinopa leakeyi (122454)