Xianshou songae Bi et al. 2014 (mammal)

Mammalia - Allotheria - Kermackodontidae

Full reference: S. Bi, Y. Wang, J. Guan, Z. Sheng, and J. Meng. 2014. Three new Jurassic euharamiyidan species reinforce early divergence of mammals. Nature 514:579-584

Belongs to Xianshou according to S. Bi et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Xianshou linglong

Type specimen: BMNHC-PM003253, a skeleton (A skeleton preserved partial skull, mandible, and most of the postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Daxishan, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Daxishan

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