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Wyolestes

Mammalia - Acreodi

Taxonomy
Wyolestes was named by Gingerich (1981). It is not extant. Its type is Wyolestes apheles.

It was assigned to Mesonychoidea by Gingerich (1982); to Mesonychidae by Gingerich (1981) and Carroll (1988); to Cete by Archibald (1998); and to Wyolestidae by Gingerich (1998).

Species
W. apheles (type species), W. dioctes, W. iglesius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Wyolestes Gingerich
1982Wyolestes Gingerich p. 708
1988Wyolestes Carroll
1998Wyolestes Archibald
1998Wyolestes Gingerich p. 427 figs. FIgure 1

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
—Mesonychia
genusWyolestes

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.

G. †Wyolestes Gingerich 1981
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†Wyolestes apheles Gingerich 1981
†Wyolestes dioctes Gingerich 1982
†Wyolestes iglesius Novacek et al. 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-24 17:56:19
Modified: 2011-04-24 02:56:19
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Gingerich 1982, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Sinopa viverrina (15662) W. apheles (15586 15589 15683 15727 15734 15762 15779 15787 15796 46636 46647 46659) W. sp. (46690)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Mexico (Baja California) W. sp. (15671)