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Bothriostylops notios

Osteichthyes - Arctostylopidae

Taxonomy
Bothriostylops notios was named by Zheng and Huang (1986). Its type specimen is IVPP V7642, a mandible (Left lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Zhulin Hill, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Chijiang Formation of China. It is the type species of Bothriostylops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Bothriostylops notios Zheng and Huang

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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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
familyArctostylopidaeSchlosser 1923
subfamilyBothriostylopinae
genusBothriostylops
speciesnotios

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.

Bothriostylops notios Zheng and Huang 1986
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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: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:06:19
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:06:19
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Paleocene or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.66 - 59.24China (Jiangxi) Bothriostylops notios (type locality: 133385)