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Dionysopithecus shuangouensis

Mammalia - Primates - Pliopithecidae

Taxonomy
Dionysopithecus shuangouensis was named by Li (1978). Its type specimen is IVPP V5597, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment with M1-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Songlinzhuang, Sihong, Jiangsu, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine conglomerate in the Xiacaowan Formation of China.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Dionysopithecus shuangouensis Li
1985Hylobates tianganhuensis Lei
1985Pliopithecus wangi Lei
1989Pliopithecus wongi Etler p. 232
1989Dionysopithecus shuangouensis Harrison p. 547
1991Dionysopithecus shuangouensis Harrison et al. p. 347
1999Dionysopithecus shuangouensis Harrison and Gu 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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyPliopithecoideaZapfe 1961
familyPliopithecidaeZapfe 1961
subfamilyDionysopithecinae
genusDionysopithecusLi 1978
speciesshuangouensisLi 1978

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.

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Invalid names: Hylobates tianganhuensis Lei 1985 [synonym], Pliopithecus wangi Lei 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) Dionysopithecus shuangouensis (type locality: 43400)