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Deccanolestes

Description

Deccanolestes is a scansorial, basal Euarchontan from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and Paleocene Intertrappean Beds of Andhra Pradesh, India. It may be closely related to Sahnitherium. Deccanolestes has been referred to Palaeoryctidae in the past, but recent evidence has shown the it is either the most basal Euarchontan, as the earliest known Adapisoriculid, or as a stem-afrotherian.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4830085https://www.gbif.org/species/4830085
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53991https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53991
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Bradypodidae : Deccanolestes
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Adapisoriculidae : Deccanolestes
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
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Euarchonta
familyAdapisoriculidaeVan Valen 1967
genusDeccanolestesPrasad & Sahni 1988
Scientific NameDeccanolestes Prasad & Sahni, 1988
Name Published InNature (Lond) 332 No. 6165
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Deccanolestesgenusbelongs to Palaeoryctidaestated with evidencePrasad et al., 1994
Deccanolestesgenusbelongs to Palaeoryctidaestated without evidenceKhajuria and Prasad, 1998
Deccanolestesgenusbelongs to Eutheriastated without evidenceRana and Wilson, 2003
Deccanolestesgenusbelongs to Eutheriastated with evidenceWible et al., 2007
Deccanolestesgenusbelongs to Adapisoriculidaestated with evidenceSmith et al., 2010
Deccanolestesgenusbelongs to Adapisoriculidaestated without evidencePrasad et al., 2010
Deccanolestesgenusbelongs to Adapisoriculidaestated with evidenceGoswami et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)
Ecospace CommentsArboreal Deccanolestes, see Prasad and Godinot (1994).
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. K. Khajuria and G. V. R. Prasad. 1998. Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous mammal-bearing microvertebrate assemblage from the Deccan inter-trappean beds of Naskal, peninsular India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 137:153-172
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccanolestes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Deccanolestes hislopi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
272.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Deccanolestes narmadensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
172.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Deccanolestes robustus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
272.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1988Deccanolestes Prasad and Sahni
1994Deccanolestes Prasad et al. p. 264
1998Deccanolestes Khajuria and Prasad
2003Deccanolestes Rana and Wilson p. 333
2007Deccanolestes Wible et al.
2010Deccanolestes Prasad et al. p. 65
2010Deccanolestes Smith et al.
2011Deccanolestes Goswami et al. pp. 16334-16335 fig. 1
2012Deccanolestes De Bast et al.

References

Khajuria C. K., Prasad G. V. R. (1998) Taphonomy of a Late Cretaceous mammal-bearing microvertebrate assemblage from the Deccan inter-trappean beds of Naskal, peninsular India, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 137, 153-172
Prasad G. V. R., Jaeger J. J., et al (1994) Eutherian mammals from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) inter-trappean beds of Naskal, Andhra Pradesh, India, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14 2, 260-277
Rana R. S., Wilson G. P. (2003) New Late Cretaceous mammals from the Intertrappean beds of Rangapur, India and paleobiogeographic framework, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 3, 331-348
Wible J. R., Rougier G. W., et al (2007) Cretaceous eutherians and Laurasian origin for placental mammals near the K/T boundary, Nature 447, 1003-1006
Prasad G. V. R., Verma O., et al (2010) First mammal evidence from the Late Cretaceous of India for biotic dispersal between India and Africa at the KT transition, Comptes Rendus Palevol 9, 63-71
Smith T., De Bast E., et al (2010) Euarchontan affinity of Paleocene Afro-European adapisoriculid mammals and their origin in the late Cretaceous Deccan Traps of India, Naturwissenschaften 97, 417-433
De Bast E., Sigé B., et al (2012) Diversity of the adapisoriculid mammals from the early Palaeocene of Hainin, Belgium, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 1, 35-52
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
Nature (Lond) 332 No. 6165 - 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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