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Sillustania quechuense

Osteichthyes - Sillustaniidae

Taxonomy
Sillustania quechuense was named by Crochet and Sigé (1996). Its type specimen is CHU 33, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laguna Umayo, Chulpas level, which is in a Thanetian/Ypresian lacustrine conglomerate/sandstone in the Muñani Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Sillustania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Sillustania quechuense Crochet and Sigé
2015Sillustania quechuense Chornogubsky and Goin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
suborderPolydolopiformesGoin and Candela 1996
familySillustaniidaeCrochet and Sigé 1996
genusSillustaniaCrochet and Sigé 1996
speciesquechuenseCrochet and Sigé 1996

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.

†Sillustania quechuense Crochet and Sigé 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Peru (Puno) Caenolestoidea indet. (type locality: 132938)