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Castorocauda lutrasimilis

Docodonta

Taxonomy
Castorocauda lutrasimilis was named by Ji et al. (2006) [JZMP = Jinzhou Musem of Paleontology, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Privnce, China]. Its type specimen is JZMP-04-117, a skeleton (mostly complete skeleton with incomplete cranium, complete mandibles, most postcrania, fur, and scaly tail), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Daohugou (IVPP collection), which is in a Callovian lacustrine - large shale/tuff in the Tiaojishan Formation of China. It is the type species of Castorocauda.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Castorocauda lutrasimilis Ji et al. p. 1123 figs. Figures 1, 2, & 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
orderDocodontaKretzoi 1946
genusCastorocauda
specieslutrasimilis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Castorocauda lutrasimilis Ji et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
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