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Leptalestes prokrejcii

Mammalia - Pediomyidae

Taxonomy
Pediomys prokrejcii was named by Fox (1979). Its type specimen is UALVP 14817, a maxilla (left fragmentary maxilla with M1-2), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Irvine microvertebrate site, which is in a Judithian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Leptalestes prokrejcii by Davis (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Pediomys prokrejcii Fox
1987Pediomys fassetti Rigby, Jr. and Wolberg
2004Pediomys fassetti Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 457
2004Pediomys prokrejcii Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 457
2007Leptalestes prokrejcii Davis p. 239

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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
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
superfamilyPediomyoideaSimpson 1927
familyPediomyidae()
genusLeptalestes
speciesprokrejcii()

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.

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Invalid names: Pediomys fassetti Rigby, Jr. and Wolberg 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available