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Borealestes

Docodonta - Docodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Borealestes Walker
1972Borealestes Waldman and Savage
1979Borealestes Kron p. 91
1988Borealestes Carroll
2003Borealestes Sigogneau-Russell p. 358
2004Borealestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 197 fig. 5.7B
2005Borealestes Pfretzschner et al.
2010Borealestes Averianov et al. p. 136 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
orderDocodontaKretzoi 1946
familyDocodontidae
genusBorealestes

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.

G. †Borealestes Waldman and Savage 1972
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Borealestes mussetti Sigogneau-Russell 2003
Borealestes serendipitus Waldman and Savage 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Bathonian or 167.70000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) B. serendipitus (139746)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) B. mussetti, B. serendipitus (39075) Docodonta indet. (57124)