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Asiostylops

Mammalia - Arctostylopidae

Taxonomy
Asiostylops was named by Zheng (1979). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Asiostylopinae.

It was assigned to Arctostylopidae by Carroll (1988); and to Asiostylopinae by Tong and Wang (2006).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Asiostylops Zheng
1988Asiostylops Carroll
2006Asiostylops 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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
familyArctostylopidaeSchlosser 1923
subfamilyAsiostylopinaeZheng 1979
genusAsiostylopsZheng 1979

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.

G. †Asiostylops Zheng 1979
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Asiostylops spanios Zheng et al. 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:06:19
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:06:19
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Archibald 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Paleocene or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.66 - 59.24China (Jiangxi) A. spanios (176612)