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Prokennalestes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4834549	https://www.gbif.org/species/4834549
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	137754	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=137754

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Gypsonictopidae : Prokennalestes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Prokennalestes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
genus	Prokennalestes	Kielan-Jaworowska & Dashzeveg 1989

Scientific Name

Prokennalestes Kielan-Jaworowska & Dashzeveg, 1989

Name Published In

Zool Scr 18 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Prokennalestes	genus	belongs to Otlestidae	stated with evidence	Kielan-Jaworowska and Dashzeveg, 1989
Prokennalestes	genus	belongs to Kennalestidae	stated with evidence	Averianov and Skutschas, 2000
Prokennalestes	genus	belongs to Eutheria	stated with evidence	Wible et al., 2001
Prokennalestes	genus	belongs to Otlestidae	stated without evidence	Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004
Prokennalestes	genus	belongs to Boreosphenida	stated with evidence	Martin and Rauhut, 2005
Prokennalestes	genus	belongs to Eutheria	stated without evidence	Bi et al., 2015
Prokennalestes	genus	belongs to Tribosphenida	stated with evidence	Averianov et al., 2015
Prokennalestes	genus	belongs to Eutheria	stated with evidence	Lopatin and Averianov, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and D. Dashzeveg. 1989. Eutherian mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Zoologica Scripta 18(2):347-355

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Prokennalestes minor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Prokennalestes trofimovi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Prokennalestes kozlovi Trofimov, 1974	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Gypsonictopidae : Prokennalestes : *Prokennalestes kozlovi*
Prokennalestes Trofimov, 1974	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Gypsonictopidae : *Prokennalestes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1974	Prokennalestes Trofimov
1974	Prokennalestes kozlovi Trofimov
1989	Prokennalestes Kielan-Jaworowska and Dashzeveg p. 348
2000	Prokennalestes Averianov and Skutschas p. 332
2001	Prokennalestes Wible et al. p. 17
2004	Prokennalestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 498 figs. 13.8B, 13.19A
2005	Prokennalestes Martin and Rauhut
2015	Prokennalestes Averianov et al.
2015	Prokennalestes Bi et al.
2017	Prokennalestes Lopatin and Averianov

References

Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Dashzeveg D. (1989) Eutherian mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, Zoologica Scripta 18 2, 347-355

Averianov A., Skutschas P. (2000) A eutherian mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Russia and biostratigraphy of the Asian Early Cretaceous vertebrate assemblages, Lethaia 33, 330-340

Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630

Martin T., Rauhut O. W. M. (2005) Mandible and dentition of Asfaltomylos patagonicus (Australosphenida, Mammalia) and the evolution of tribosphenic teeth, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 2, 414-425

Averianov A., Martin T., et al (2015) Stem therian mammal Amphibetulimus from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 89, 197-206 doi:10.1007/s12542-013-0217-x

Bi S., Jin X., et al (2015) A new Cretaceous metatherian mammal from Henan, China, PeerJ 3, e896 doi:10.7717/peerj.896

Lopatin A. V., Averianov A. O. (2017) The Stem Placental Mammal Prokennalestes from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, Paleontological Journal 51 12, 1293-1374

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

Zool Scr 18 (2) - 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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