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Armania asiana

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Armania asiana was named by Gabunia and Dashzeveg (1988). Its type specimen is PSS 27-10, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khoer Dzan (Sevkhul), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Armania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Armania asiana Gabunia and Dashzeveg

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
subfamilyAlloceropinaeWood 1932
genusArmaniaGabunia and Dashzeveg 1988
speciesasianaGabunia and Dashzeveg 1988

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.

†Armania asiana Gabunia and Dashzeveg 1988
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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: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:07:17
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:07:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Prothero 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Armania asiana (176016 type locality: 180387)