Sinostylops Tang and Yan 1976 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Arctostylopidae

Full reference: Y. Tang and D. Yan. 1976. Notes on some Mammalian Fossils from the Paleocene of Qianshan and Xuancheng, Anhui. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(2):91-99

Parent taxon: Arctostylopidae according to Y. Tang and D. Yan 1976

See also Carroll 1988 and Tong and Wang 2006

Sister taxa: Anatolostylops, Arctostylopinae, Arctostylops, Asiostylopinae, Bothriostylopinae, Enantiostylops, Kazachostylopinae, Palaeostylops, Stenostylops, Wanostylops

Subtaxa: Sinostylops promissus

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Type: Sinostylops promissus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Yangxiaowu, Qianshan locality 71017 (Paleocene of China)

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