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Chowliia laoshanensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Isectolophidae

Taxonomy
Chowliia laoshanensis was named by Tong and Wang (2006). Its type specimen is IVPP V10739, a maxilla (Maxillae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laowanggou, which is in an Eocene terrestrial claystone in the Wutu Formation of China. It is the type species of Chowliia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Chowliia laoshanensis Tong and Wang

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
familyIsectolophidae
genusChowliia
specieslaoshanensis

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.

†Chowliia laoshanensis Tong and Wang 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: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:02:57
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:02:57
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Shandong) Chowliia laoshanensis (77929 type locality: 176605 183188)