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Eurolestes

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8881560https://www.gbif.org/species/8881560
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)347637https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=347637
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pentacodontidae : Eurolestes
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolesta : Pentacodontidae : Eurolestes
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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
-Cimolesta
familyPentacodontidaeSimpson 1937
genusEurolestesDe Bast & Smith 2016
Scientific NameEurolestes De Bast & Smith, 2016
Name Published InDe Bast, Eric & Thierry Smith. 2016. The oldest Cainozoic mammal fauna of Europe: implication of the Hainin reference fauna for mammalian evolution and dispersals during the Palaeocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eurolestesgenusbelongs to Pentacodontidaestated with evidenceDe Bast and Smith, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. De Bast and T. Smith. 2017. The oldest Cenozoic mammal fauna of Europe: implication of the Hainin reference fauna for mammalian evolution and dispersals during the Paleocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(9):741-785

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eurolestes dupuisi
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2017Eurolestes De Bast and Smith

References

De Bast E., Smith T. (2017) The oldest Cenozoic mammal fauna of Europe: implication of the Hainin reference fauna for mammalian evolution and dispersals during the Paleocene, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 9, 741-785 doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1237582
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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