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Shuotherium dongi

Mammalia - Shuotheridia - Shuotheriidae

Taxonomy
Shuotherium dongi was named by Chow and Rich (1982). Its type specimen is IVPP V6448, a mandible (left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shilong-zhai, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial breccia/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China. It is the type species of Shuotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Shuotherium dongi Chow and Rich p. 129 figs. 2-6
2004Shuotherium dongi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 206, 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
subclassApotheria
superorderParatribosphenida
orderShuotheridia
familyShuotheriidae
genusShuotherium
speciesdongi

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.

†Shuotherium dongi Chow and Rich 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5China (Sichuan) Shuotherium dongi (type locality: 47134)