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Kepolestes coloradensis

Mammalia - Dryolestidae

Taxonomy
Kepolestes coloradensis was named by Simpson (1927). Its type specimen is YPM 2723, a mandible (right mandible with P4 and M1-8), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Kepolestes.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Kepolestes coloradensis Simpson p. 413
1929Kepolestes coloradensis Simpson pp. 69-70
1930Kepolestes coloradensis Hay p. 374
1979Kepolestes coloradensis Kraus p. 164
1981Kepolestes coloradensis Prothero p. 297
1999Kepolestes coloradensis Carpenter p. 9

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
superorderDryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
familyDryolestidaeMarsh 1879
genusKepolestes
speciescoloradensis

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.

†Kepolestes coloradensis Simpson 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available