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Decastis

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Abderitidae

Taxonomy
Decastis was named by Ameghino (1891). Its type is Decastis columnaris.

It was assigned to Abderitesidae by Ameghino (1891); and to Decastidae by Ameghino (1894).

Species
D. columnaris (type species), D. rurigerus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Decastis Ameghino p. 19
1894Decastis Ameghino p. 84

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyPalaeothentoidea
familyAbderitidae(Ameghino 1889)
genusDecastis

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. †Decastis Ameghino 1891
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Decastis columnaris Ameghino 1891
Decastis rurigerus Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-25 01:37:26
Modified: 2013-05-24 10:37:26
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Dumont and Brown 1997, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available