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Ptilocercus kylin

Mammalia - Scandentia

Taxonomy
Ptilocercus kylin was named by Li and Ni (2016). Its type specimen is IVPP V20696, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lijiawa mammalian fossil locality, which is in an Oligocene fluvial mudstone/marl in the Caijiachong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Ptilocercus kylin Li and Ni

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
—Sundatheria
orderScandentiaWagner 1855
genusPtilocercusGray 1848
specieskylin

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.

†Ptilocercus kylin Li and Ni 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialo
Diet: insectivoreo
Diet 2: frugivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:22:22
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:22:22
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Yunnan) Ptilocercus kylin (type locality: 175142)