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Hsiangolestes youngi

Osteichthyes - Didymoconida

Taxonomy
Hsiangolestes youngi was named by Zheng and Huang (1984). Its type specimen is IVPP V 7353, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lingcha, which is in an Eocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Lingcha Formation of China. It is the type species of Hsiangolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Hsiangolestes youngi Zheng and Huang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
orderDidymoconida(Kretzoi 1943)
genusHsiangolestes
speciesyoungi

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.

†Hsiangolestes youngi Zheng and Huang 1984
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Diagnosis
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