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Sillustania âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4578517https://www.gbif.org/species/4578517
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)264921https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=264921
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Paucituberculata : Sillustaniidae : Sillustania
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Polydolopimorphia : Sillustaniidae : Sillustania
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
suborderPolydolopiformesGoin and Candela 1996
familySillustaniidaeCrochet and Sigé 1996
genusSillustaniaCrochet & Sigé 1996
Scientific NameSillustania Crochet & Sigé, 1996
Name Published InNeues Jahrb Geol Palaeontol Monh 10, Oktober
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sillustaniagenusbelongs to Polydolopimorphiastated with evidenceSigé et al., 2004
Sillustaniagenusbelongs to Sillustaniidaestated with evidenceChornogubsky and Goin, 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance58.7 - 48.6 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance58.7 - 48.6 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Metatheria)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. Sigé, T. Sempere, and R. F. Butler, L. G. Marshall, J.-Y. Crochet. 2004. Age and stratigraphic reassessment of the fossil-bearing Laguna Umayo red mudstone unit, SE Peru, from regional stratigraphy, fossil record, and paleomagnetism. Geobios 37:771-794

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sillustania quechuense âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
158.7 Ma
Paleocene
58.7 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1996Sillustania Crochet and Sigé
2004Sillustania Sigé et al.
2015Sillustania Chornogubsky and Goin

References

Sigé B., Sempere T., et al (2004) Age and stratigraphic reassessment of the fossil-bearing Laguna Umayo red mudstone unit, SE Peru, from regional stratigraphy, fossil record, and paleomagnetism, Geobios 37, 771-794
Chornogubsky L., Goin F. J. (2015) A review of the molar morphology and phylogenetic affinities of Sillustania quechuense (Metatheria, Polydolopimorphia, Sillustaniidae), from the early Paleogene of Laguna Umayo, southeastern Peru, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35, e983238:1-5 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.983238
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Neues Jahrb Geol Palaeontol Monh 10, Oktober - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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