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Ichthyolestes pinfoldi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Pakicetidae

Taxonomy
Ichthyolestes pinfoldi was named by Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg (1958). Its type specimen is IPHG 1956 II 7, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ganda Kas, which is in a Lutetian marine mudstone in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Ichthyoletes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Ichthyolestes pinfoldi Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg p. 15 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 5; Fig. 2
1966Ichthyolestes pinfoldi Szalay and Gould p. 151
1985Ichthyolestes pinfoldi Kumar and Sahni p. 166
1998Ichthyolestes pinfoldi Thewissen and Hussain p. 227
2001Ichthyolestes pinfoldi Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1
2004Ichthyolestes pinfoldi van Vliet p. 143
2008Ichthyolestes pinfoldi McLeod and Barnes p. 92
2017Ichthyolestes pinfoldi Gingerich et al. figs. Table 1

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
familyPakicetidae()
genusIchthyolestes
speciespinfoldi

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.

†Ichthyolestes pinfoldi Dehm and Oettingen-Spielberg 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubf
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partssubf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilesubf
Life habit: amphibioussubf
Depth habitat: surfacesubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubf
Created: 2005-09-09 10:02:09
Modified: 2005-09-09 12:02:09
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Thewissen et al. 2001, Uhen 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Ichthyolestes pinfoldi (28978)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Punjab) Ichthyolestes pinfoldi (type locality: 45529 45586)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Ichthyolestes pinfoldi (45587)