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Jaskhadelphys minutus

Mammalia - Jaskhadelphyidae

Taxonomy
Jaskhadelphys minutus was named by Marshall and de Muizon (1988). Its type specimen is YPFB Pal 6195, a maxilla (Right maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry”, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia. It is the type species of Jaskhadelphys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Jaskhadelphys minutus Marshall and de Muizon

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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
subclassMetatheria()
familyJaskhadelphyidaede Muizon 1992
genusJaskhadelphys
speciesminutus

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.

†Jaskhadelphys minutus Marshall and de Muizon 1988
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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, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Mizque) Jaskhadelphys minutus (type locality: 13501)