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Azilestes ragei

Mammalia - Zhelestidae

Taxonomy
Azilestes ragei was named by Gheerbrant and Teodori (2021). Its type specimen is MNHN.F CTE 215, a mandible (fragment of left dentary with damaged M1 and M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Capens, Mas-d'Azil, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Grès de Labarre Formation of France. It is the type species of Azilestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Azilestes ragei Gheerbrant and Teodori

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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()
familyZhelestidaeNessov 1990
genusAzilestes
speciesragei

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.

†Azilestes ragei Gheerbrant and Teodori 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Occitanie) Azilestes ragei (type locality: 219170)