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Zalambdalestes lechei

Mammalia - Zalambdalestidae

Taxonomy
Zalambdalestes lechei was named by Gregory and Simpson (1926). Its type specimen is AMNH 21708, a partial skull, 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
1926Zalambdalestes lechei Gregory and Simpson pp. 14-15 figs. 13-18
1928Zalambdalestes lechei Simpson p. 2
1979Zalambdalestes lechei Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
1984Zalambdalestes lechei Kielan-Jaworozski p. 161
2004Zalambdalestes lechei Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 502-503
2004Zalambdalestes lechei Wible et al.

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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
specieslechei

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 lechei Gregory and Simpson 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:32:47
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:32:47
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mongolia (Omngov) Zalambdalestes lechei (68525)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Zalambdalestes grangeri (28195) Zalambdalestes lechei (22685 type locality: 46152 51033)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) Zalambdalestes lechei (37184)