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Vintana sertichi

Mammalia - Sudamericidae

Taxonomy
Vintana sertichi was named by Krause et al. (2014). Its type specimen is UA 9972, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD10-24, Lac Kinkony, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Vintana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Vintana sertichi Krause et al. p. 512

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
suborderGondwanatheriaMones 1987
familySudamericidaeScillato-Yané and Pascual 1984
genusVintana
speciessertichi

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.

†Vintana sertichi Krause et al. 2014
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Mammalia indet. (type locality: 154152) Vintana sertichi (230191)