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Barunlestes butleri

Mammalia - Zalambdalestidae

Taxonomy
Barunlestes butleri was named by Kielan-Jaworowska (1975). Its type specimen is ZPal MgM-I/77, a partial skeleton (damaged skull with both dentaries and a large part of the postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khulsan (general) [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone/sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Barunlestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Barunlestes butleri Kielan-Jaworowska p. 9 fig. 2
1979Barunlestes butleri Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Barunlestes butleri Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 503-504

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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()
superfamilyZalambdalestoideaGregory and Simpson 1926
familyZalambdalestidae
genusBarunlestesKielan-Jaworowska 1975
speciesbutleri

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.

†Barunlestes butleri Kielan-Jaworowska 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available