Chianshania Xu 1976 (placental)

Mammalia - Anagalida - Anagalidae

Full reference: Q. Xu. 1976. New Materials of Anagalidae from the Palaeocene of Anhui (B). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(3):242-251

Parent taxon: Anagalidae according to S. López-Torres and Ł. Fostowicz-Frelik 2018

See also Carroll 1988 and Xu 1976

Sister taxa: Anagale, Anagalopsis, Anaptogale, Diacronus, Eosigale, Hsiuannania, Huaiyangale, Interogale, Linnania, Pseudictops, Qipania, Stenanagale, Wanogale, Zofiagale

Subtaxa: Chianshania gianghuaiensis

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Wangdawu (71001) (Paleocene of China)

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