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Necrolestes mirabilis

Mammalia - Meridiolestida

Taxonomy
Necrolestes mirabilis was named by Goin et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MLP 92-X-10-14, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with erupting p?4 replacing dp?4, and the alveoli of the molars), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Necrolestes mirabilis Goin 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Dryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
orderMeridiolestida
genusNecrolestes
speciesmirabilis

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.

†Necrolestes mirabilis Goin et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Goin et al. 2007Tamaño apenas mayor que la especie tipo del género; alvéolos de los molares inferiores más redondeados en su cara labial; borde ventral mandibular más subhorizontal; mayor diferencia de tamaño entre el p?4 y el m1; cúspides linguales de los postcaninos molariformes más separadas entre sí que en N. patagonensis.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Colhuehuapian or 21.00000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Necrolestes mirabilis (type locality: 141368)