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Alashania tengkoliensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae

Taxonomy

Alashania tengkoliensis was named by Vianey-Liaud et al. (2006). Its type specimen is UTL1-24, a mandible (Incomplete left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ulantatal (UTL1), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial siltstone/claystone in the Ulantatal Formation of China. It is the type species of Alashania.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2006	Alashania tengkoliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 139

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
—	Ctenohystrica	Huchon et al. 2000
superfamily	Ctenodactyloidea
family	Ctenodactylidae	Gervais 1853
subfamily	Tataromyinae	Lavocat 1961
genus	Alashania
species	tengkoliensis

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.

†Alashania tengkoliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 11:19:58

Modified:

2005-09-02 11:58:27

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	China (Nei Mongol)	Alashania tengkoliensis (type locality: 175406)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	China (Nei Mongol)	Alashania tengkoliensis (175408 175412)