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Bustylus germanicus

Mammalia - Adapisoriculidae

Taxonomy
Adapisoriculus germanicus was named by Russell (1964). Its type specimen is Wa/358, a mandible (left dentary with M/2-3), 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 Afrodon germanicus by Gheerbrant and Russell (1989) and Gheerbrant (1995); it was recombined as Bustylus germanicus by De Bast et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Adapisoriculus germanicus Russell
1989Afrodon germanicus Gheerbrant and Russell
1995Afrodon germanicus Gheerbrant
2013Bustylus germanicus De Bast 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
familyAdapisoriculidaeVan Valen 1967
genusBustylus
speciesgermanicus(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.

†Bustylus germanicus Russell 1964
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) Adapisoriculus germanicus, Afrodon germanicus (type locality: 74643)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Belgium Bustylus germanicus (68431)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Afrodon germanicus (87925 137125)