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Kiinkerishella zaisanica

Mammalia - Pantolestidae

Taxonomy
Kiinkerishella zaisanica was named by Gabunia and Biryukov (1978). Its type specimen is KAN 3/7/289/1406, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hill K near Kiin Kerish (upper Aksyir svita), which is in an Ergilian terrestrial horizon in Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Kiinkerishella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Kiinkerishella zaisanica Gabunia and Biryukov

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyPantolestoidae(Cope 1887)
familyPantolestidaeCope 1884
subfamilyDyspterninaeKretzoi 1943
genusKiinkerishellaGabunia and Biryukov 1978
specieszaisanicaGabunia and Biryukov 1978

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.

†Kiinkerishella zaisanica Gabunia and Biryukov 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: durophagef
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:16:47
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:16:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ergilian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ergilian37.2 - 33.9Kazakhstan Kiinkerishella zaisanica (type locality: 180385)