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Valentinella vitrollense

Mammalia - Zhelestidae

Taxonomy
Valentinella vitrollense was named by Tabuce et al. (2004). Its type specimen is UM-VLP-2, a mandible (damaged right dentary with p3-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vitrolles la Plaine, Rognac, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial limestone/marl in France. It is the type species of Valentinella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Valentinella vitrollense Tabuce et al. pp. 348-349 figs. 2-3
2012Valentinella vitrollense Gheerbrant and Astibia p. 538
2013Valentinella vitrollense Tabuce 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
familyZhelestidaeNessov 1990
genusValentinella
speciesvitrollense

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.

†Valentinella vitrollense Tabuce et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Valentinella vitrollense (type locality: 47893)