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Bothriostylops medius

Osteichthyes - Arctostylopidae

Taxonomy
Bothriostylops medius was named by Huang and Zheng (2003). Its type specimen is IVPP V 13504, a partial skull (Fragmentary left and right upper jaws & left lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nearby Datang Town (upper section), which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Nongshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Bothriostylops medius Huang and Zheng

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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
speciesmedius

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 medius Huang and Zheng 2003
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, 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 (Guangdong) Bothriostylops medius (type locality: 137413)