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Eoletes xianensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae

Taxonomy
Simplaletes xianensis was named by Zhang and Qi (1981). Its type specimen is IVPP V 6062, a partial skull (anterior portion of skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yinponcun (IVPP locality 65008), which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Bailuyuan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Eoletes xianensis by Lucas et al. (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Simplaletes xianensis Zhang and Qi
1997Eoletes xianensis Lucas et al. p. 236

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
familyLophialetidaeMatthew and Granger 1925
genusEoletesBiryukov 1974
speciesxianensis()

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.

Eoletes xianensis Zhang and Qi 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:02:20
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:02:20
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Colbert and Schoch 1998

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4China (Shaanxi) Simplaletes xianensis (type locality: 83961)