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IRMNG name details

Otlestidae Nessov, 1985 †

11924107  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11924107)

 unaccepted (no longer recognised as family)
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark The Paleobiology Database (2022 version) includes this family, however at the same time treats its type genus Otlestes as a...  
Taxonomic remark The Paleobiology Database (2022 version) includes this family, however at the same time treats its type genus Otlestes as a synonym of Bobolestes; the latter genus was allocated to Pappotheriidae in McKenna & Bell, 1997, but is now treated as an unplaced stem eutherian (assigned to Zalambdalestoidea in Averianov & Archibald, 2005). [details]
IRMNG (2022). Otlestidae Nessov, 1985 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11924107 on 2024-09-07
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basis of record McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
note: placed in Soricomorpha (Order) in McKenna & Bell, however unallocated Eutheria in more recent sources (per classification of Bobolestes) [details]   

additional source Averianov, A.; Archibald, J. D. (2005). Mammals from the mid-Cretaceous Khodzhakul Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan. <em>Cretaceous Research.</em> 26(4): 593-608., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2005.03.007 [details]   

source of synonymy The Paleobiology Database (2022 version). , available online at http://www.paleobiodb.org
note: refer note [details]   

taxonomy source The Paleobiology Database (2022 version). , available online at http://www.paleobiodb.org [details]   

name verified source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.  [details]   

extant flag source McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.  [details]   
From other sources
Taxonomic remark The Paleobiology Database (2022 version) includes this family, however at the same time treats its type genus Otlestes as a synonym of Bobolestes; the latter genus was allocated to Pappotheriidae in McKenna & Bell, 1997, but is now treated as an unplaced stem eutherian (assigned to Zalambdalestoidea in Averianov & Archibald, 2005). [details]

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