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Ambilestes cerberoides

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Cimolestes cerberoides was named by Lillegraven (1969). Its type specimen is UA 2973, a maxilla (Incomplete left maxilla containing P3–4, M1–2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trochu (KUA-1), which is in a Lancian terrestrial claystone/siltstone in the Scollard Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Ambilestes.

It was recombined as Ambilestes cerberoides by Fox (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cimolestes cerberoides Lillegraven pp. 61-62
1979Cimolestes cerberoides Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Cimolestes cerberoides Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 507
2015Ambilestes cerberoides Fox

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusAmbilestes
speciescerberoides()

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.

†Ambilestes cerberoides Lillegraven 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-10 09:41:44
Modified: 2005-09-10 19:53:58
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lancian to the top of the Puercan or 70.60000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Cimolestes cerberoides (14654)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Cimolestes cerberoides (type locality: 14630 14632 14633 14634 14636 14637)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Cimolestes cerberoides (14584)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Ambilestes cerberoides (14801)