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Shaanxispira baheensis

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Shaanxispira baheensis was named by Zhang (2003). Its type specimen is IVPP V 13626, a partial skull (partial skull connected with mandible), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lantian Loc. 6, which is in a MN 10/MN 11 floodplain mudstone in the Bahe Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Shaanxispira baheensis Zhang p. 232

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyUrmiatheriinaeSickenberg 1933
genusShaanxispira
speciesbaheensis

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.

†Shaanxispira baheensis Zhang 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the MN 11 or 9.70000 to 7.75000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) Shaanxispira sp. (78322 type locality: 78323)