Bustylus
| Bustylus Temporal range:
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| Lower jaw fragment ofB. marandati | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Adapisoriculidae |
| Genus: | †Bustylus Gheerbrandt & Russell, 1991 |
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Bustylusis an extinct genus ofeutheriansin the familyAdapisoriculidae.It was described by Emmanuel Gheerbrandt and Russell in 1991, and the type species isB. cernaysi,described from the latePaleoceneofCernay,France (from which thespecies epithetwas derived), and possibly also from Germany.[1]Gheerbrandt later redescribed the speciesPeradectesmarandati(Crochet and Sigé, 1983) as a species ofBustylus.[2]A third species,B. folieae,was described from the earlyPaleoceneofBelgiumby Eric De Bast, Bernard Sigé and Thierry Smith in 2012.B. folieaewas named in honour of Dr. Annelise Folie.[1]
Species[edit]
- Bustylus cernaysiGheerbrandt & Russell, 1991
- Bustylus marandati(Crochet & Sigé, 1983)
- Bustylus folieaeDe Bast et al., 2012
References[edit]
- ^abEric De Bast; Bernard Sigé & Thierry Smith (2012)."Diversity of the adapisoriculid mammals from the early Palaeocene of Hainin, Belgium".Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.57(1): 35–52.doi:10.4202/app.2010.0115.
- ^Bustylus (Eutheria, Adapisoriculidae) and the absence of ascertained marsupials in the Palaeocene of Europeby Emmanuel Gheerbrant, 1991.doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00200.x
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