Wanostylops youngi Huang and Zheng 1997 (placental)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Arctostylopidae

Full reference: X. Huang and J. Zheng. 1997. Early Tertiary mammals of Xuancheng Basin, Anhui Province and its implication for the age of Shuangtasi Formation. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35(4):290-306

Belongs to Wanostylops according to X. Huang and J. Zheng 1997

Sister taxon: Wanostylops promissus

Type specimen: IVPP V11357, a maxilla (M1-2). Its type locality is Xuancheng IVVP Loc. 70071, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in the Shuangtasi Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Xuancheng IVVP Loc. 70071

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