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Lavanify miolaka

Mammalia - Sudamericidae

Taxonomy
Lavanify miolaka was named by Krause et al. (1997). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 8653, a tooth (well preserved cheek-tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD96-01 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Lavanify.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Lavanify miolaka Krause et al. pp. 504-507 fig. 2
2004Lavanify miolaka Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 519

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
suborderGondwanatheriaMones 1987
familySudamericidaeScillato-Yané and Pascual 1984
genusLavanify
speciesmiolaka

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.

†Lavanify miolaka Krause et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
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