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Palaeoamasia kansui

Mammalia - Embrithopoda - Arsinoitheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoamasia kansui was named by Ozansoy (1966). Its type specimen is MNHN-EC-1, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eski Celtek, which is in a Ypresian fluvial-lacustrine lignite in the Çeltek Formation of Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Palaeoamasia kansui Ozansoy
1979Palaeoamasia kansui Sen and Heintz
2016Palaeoamasia kansui Erdal et al.
2021Palaeoamasia kansui Gheerbrant et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderEmbrithopoda
familyArsinoitheriidaeAndrews 1904
subfamilyPalaeoamasiinae
genusPalaeoamasiaOzansoy 1966
specieskansuiOzansoy 1966

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.

†Palaeoamasia kansui Ozansoy 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Ypresian or 55.80000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkey (Amasya) Palaeoamasia kansui (type locality: 84608)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71Turkey Palaeoamasia kansui (84607 84609 182489)