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Haltictops meilingensis

Osteichthyes - Anagalida - Pseudictopidae

Taxonomy
Haltictops meilingensis was named by Ding and Tong (1979). Its type specimen is IVPP V5182 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Datang commune, IVPP Loc. 73059, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Nongshan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. mirabilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Haltictops meilingensis Ding and Tong

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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
orderAnagalida
familyPseudictopidaeSulimski 1969
genusHaltictops
speciesmeilingensis

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.

†Haltictops meilingensis Ding and Tong 1979
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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: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Paleocene or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.66 - 59.24China (Guangdong) Haltictops meilingensis (type locality: 139657 176606)