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Castorocauda lutrasimilis
Taxonomy
Castorocauda lutrasimilis was named by Ji et al. (2006) [JZMP = Jinzhou Musem of Paleontology, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Privnce, China]. Its type specimen is JZMP-04-117, a skeleton (mostly complete skeleton with incomplete cranium, complete mandibles, most postcrania, fur, and scaly tail), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Daohugou (IVPP collection), which is in a Callovian lacustrine - large shale/tuff in the Tiaojishan Formation of China. It is the type species of Castorocauda.
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-03-21; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Castorocauda lutrasimilis Ji et al. p. 1123 figs. Figures 1, 2, & 4 |
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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.
†Castorocauda lutrasimilis Ji et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2006, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Callovian | China (Nei Mongol) | Castorocauda lutrasimilis (type locality: 27891) |