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Eomaia scansoria
Taxonomy
Eomaia scansoria was named by Ji et al. (2002). Its type specimen is CAGS01-IG1-a, b, a skeleton (part and counterpart of a skeleton with some preserved soft tissues), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Dawangzhangzi, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Eomaia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Eomaia scansoria Ji et al. p. 816 figs. 1-4 |
| 2004 | Eomaia scansoria Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494-497 |
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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.
†Eomaia scansoria Ji et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: s = species, g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Eomaia scansoria (type locality: 13937) |