Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Xihaina aquilonia

Reptilia - Iguanidae

Taxonomy
Xihaina aquilonia was named by Gao and Hou (1995). Its type specimen is IVPP V10030, a partial skeleton (incomplete skeleton with disarticulated skull elements and mandible, vertebral column (15 dorsals + 2 sacrals + 2.5 caudals), nearly complete pelvis, and a righ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SCDP surface collections, Bayan Mandahu/near Bayan Mandahu, which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone/mudstone in the Djadokhta Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Xihaina aquilonia Gao and Hou p. 65
1996Xihaina aquilonia Gao and Hou p. 581

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyIguanidaeOppel 1811
genusXihaina
speciesaquilonia

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.

†Xihaina aquilonia Gao and Hou 1995
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou 1995Distinguished from Anchaurosaurus gilmorei and other iguanids by the combination of the following character states: maxilla and dentary short, deep, and lightly built; marginal teeth having slender and anteroposteriorly compressed shafts; tooth crowns flared and possibly multicusped; anterior part of Meckelian canal closed by complete fusion of dentary tube; anterior mylohyoid foramen widely separated from anterior inferior alveolar foramen; angular greatly reduced and restricted to ventral broder of mandibular ramus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:41:07
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:41:07
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Behler and King 1979

Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Nei Mongol) Xihaina aquilonia (type locality: 116292)