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Mesoscalops montanensis

Mammalia - Proscalopidae

Taxonomy
Mesoscalops montanensis was named by Barnosky (1981). Its type specimen is UWBM 54708, a skeleton (partially articulated skeleton including skull and jaws, vertebral column, ribs, nearly complete forelimb, and partial hind limb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spring Creek 1 (Level 2), which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Deep River Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Mesoscalops montanensis Barnosky p. 295

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyProscalopidae
genusMesoscalops
speciesmontanensis

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.

†Mesoscalops montanensis Barnosky 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available