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Jeholodens jenkinsi

Osteichthyes - Eutriconodonta

Taxonomy
Jeholodens jenkinsi was named by Ji et al. (1999). Its type specimen is GMV2139 a, b, a skeleton (a nearly complete skeleton consisting of a partial skull and all of the postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sihetun, lower Yixian (general), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/siltstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Jeholodens.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Jeholodens jenkinsi Ji et al.
2004Jeholodens jenkinsi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 243-244

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
genusJeholodens
speciesjenkinsi

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.

†Jeholodens jenkinsi Ji et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
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