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Deccanolestes hislopi

Mammalia - Adapisoriculidae

Taxonomy
Deccanolestes hislopi was named by Prasad and Sahni (1988). Its type specimen is VPL/JU/NKIM/10, a tooth (right [upper] M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Naskal microvertebrate site, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/mudstone in India. It is the type species of Deccanolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Deccanolestes hislopi Prasad and Sahni
1994Deccanolestes hislopi Prasad et al. p. 264
2003Deccanolestes hislopi Rana and Wilson p. 333
2004Deccanolestes hislopi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 504-505

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
familyAdapisoriculidaeVan Valen 1967
genusDeccanolestesPrasad and Sahni 1988
specieshislopiPrasad and Sahni 1988

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.

Deccanolestes hislopi Prasad and Sahni 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 13:26:47
Modified: 2005-09-07 15:26:47
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Deccanolestes hislopi (type locality: 27014 122240)