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Zalambdalestidae ✝

Description

Zalambdalestidae is a clade of Asian eutherians occurring during the Late Cretaceous. Once classified as Glires, features like epipubic bones and various cranial elements have identified these animals as outside of Placentalia, representing thus a specialised clade of non-placental eutherians without any living descendants, and potentially rather different from modern placentals in at least reproductive anatomy.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4834415https://www.gbif.org/species/4834415
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)40215https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40215
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Zalambdalestidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Zalambdalestidae
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
familyZalambdalestidaeGregory and Simpson 1926
Scientific NameZalambdalestidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Insectivorastated without evidenceGregory and Simpson, 1926
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Tupaioideastated without evidenceVan Valen, 1967
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Leptictoideastated without evidenceKielan-Jaworowska, 1968
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Anagalidastated without evidenceSzalay and McKenna, 1971
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Proteutheriastated without evidenceKielan-Jaworowska et al., 1979
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to EutheriaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to AnagalidaimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Anagalidastated without evidenceAverianov, 1997
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Eutheriastated with evidenceWible et al., 2001
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Anagalidastated without evidenceKielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Zalambdalestoideastated with evidenceArchibald and Averianov, 2005
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Zalambdalestoideastated without evidenceAverianov and Archibald, 2005
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Eutheriastated without evidenceZan et al., 2006
Zalambdalestidaefamilybelongs to Eutheriastated with evidenceWible et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)16
First Recorded Appearance125 - 94 Ma
Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. K. Gregory and G. G. Simpson. 1926. Cretaceous mammal skulls from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 225:1-20
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalambdalestidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Alymlestes
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchilestes
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Barunlestes
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
483.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Kulbeckia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
693.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Zalambdalestes
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1183.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Zhangolestes
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Zofialestes
genus
listed (PBDB)183.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1926Zalambdalestidae Gregory and Simpson p. 14
1928Zalambdalestidae Simpson p. 2
1967Zalambdalestidae Van Valen
1968Zalambdalestidae Kielan-Jaworowska p. 185
1971Zalambdalestidae Szalay and McKenna p. 301
1979Zalambdalestidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
1988Zalambdalestidae Carroll
1993Kulbeckiidae Nessov
1997Zalambdalestidae Averianov p. 250
YearName and Author
1997Zalambdalestidae McKenna and Bell
1997Kulbeckiidae Nessov p. 168
2001Zalambdalestidae Wible et al. p. 17
2004Zalambdalestidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 502
2005Zalambdalestidae Archibald and Averianov
2005Zalambdalestidae Averianov and Archibald p. 598
2006Zalambdalestidae Zan et al. p. 155
2007Zalambdalestidae Wible et al.

References

Gregory W. K., Simpson G. G. (1926) Cretaceous mammal skulls from Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 225, 1-20
Simpson G. G. (1928) Further notes on Mongolian Cretaceous mammals, American Museum Novitates 329, 1-14
Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284
Kielan-Jaworowska Z. (1968) Preliminary data on the Upper Cretaceous eutherian mammals from Bayn Dzak, Gobi Desert, Palaeontologia Polonica 19, 171-191
Szalay F. S., McKenna M. C. (1971) Beginning of the Age of Mammals in Asia: the Late Paleocene Gashato fauna, Mongolia, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144 4, 269-318
Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Bown T. M., et al (1979) Eutheria, Mesozoic mammals: the first two-thirds of mammalian history, 221-258
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Averianov A. O. (1997) New Late Cretaceous mammals of southern Kazakhstan, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 42 2, 243-256
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Nessov L. A. (1997) , Nemorskiye Pozvonochnyye Melovogo Perioda Severnoy Yevrazii [Cretaceous Non-Marine Vertebrates of Northern Eurasia], 1-218
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
Archibald J. D., Averianov A. O. (2005) Mammalian faunal succession in the Cretaceous of the Kyzylkum Desert, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12 1-2, 9-22 doi:10.1007/s10914-005-4867-3
Averianov A., Archibald J. D. (2005) Mammals from the mid-Cretaceous Khodzhakul Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan, Cretaceous Research 26 4, 593-608
Zan S., Wood C. B., et al (2006) A new "middle" Cretaceous zalambdalestid mammal from a new locality in Jilin Province, northeastern China, Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 22 1, 153-172
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
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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
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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