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Zalambdalestes grangeri

Mammalia - Zalambdalestidae

Taxonomy
Zalambdalestes grangeri was named by Simpson (1928). Its type specimen is AMNH 21709, a partial skeleton (Most of facial portion of skull with right cheek teeth, associated with fragment of lower jaw and with partial pelvis and femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Zalambdalestes grangeri Simpson
1968Zalambdalestes grangeri Kielan-Jaworowska p. 186

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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
genusZalambdalestes
speciesgrangeri

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.

†Zalambdalestes grangeri Simpson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available