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Eomaia

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Eomaia was named by Ji et al. (2002) [Family incertae sedis]. It is not extant. Its type is Eomaia scansoria.

It was assigned to Eutheria by Wang et al. (2006); to Eutheria by Ji et al. (2002), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Zhou and Wang (2010); to Eutheria by Bi et al. (2018); and to Mammalia by Velazco et al. (2022).

Species
E. scansoria (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Eomaia Ji et al. p. 816 figs. 1-4
2004Eomaia Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494-497 figs. 13.8A, 13.9, 13.10, 13.17A, 13.19G
2006Eomaia Wang et al.
2010Eomaia Zhou and Wang
2018Eomaia Bi et al.
2022Eomaia Velazco et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
genusEomaia

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.

G. †Eomaia Ji et al. 2002
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Eomaia scansoria Ji et al. 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available