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Kinometaxia guangpui

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Kinometaxia guangpui was named by Wang et al. (2004). Its type specimen is IVPP V13057, a skull (nearly complete skull except tip of rostrum with partial left and right canine alveoli, roots of left P2-3, left P4-M1, and right P2-M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IVPP locality DH9910, which is in a Shanwangian terrestrial mudstone in the Tiejianggou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Kinometaxia guangpui Wang et al.

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyLeptarctinaeGazin 1936
genusKinometaxia
speciesguangpui

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.

Kinometaxia guangpui Wang et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Shanwangian or 16.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shanwangian16.9 - 13.82China (Gansu) Kinometaxia guangpui (type locality: 220532 237079)