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Wanolestes lii

Mammalia - Didymoconida

Taxonomy
Wanolestes lii was named by Huang and Zheng (2002). Its type specimen is IVPP V12685, a mandible (A pair of lower jaws, including teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yangxiaowu, Qianshan locality 71017, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Doumu Formation of China. It is the type species of Wanolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Wanolestes lii Huang and Zheng

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
orderDidymoconida(Kretzoi 1943)
genusWanolestes
specieslii

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.

†Wanolestes lii Huang and Zheng 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Middle Paleocene or 61.70000 to 58.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.7 - 58.7China (Anhui) Wanolestes lii (type locality: 132939)