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Qipania yui

Mammalia - Anagalida - Anagalidae

Taxonomy
Qipania yui was named by Hu (1993). Its type specimen is IVPP V7426, a partial skull (Mandibles and maxillae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qipan-cun road, Taopu, Qianshan, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Wanghudun Formation of China. It is the type species of Qipania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Qipania yui Hu

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
orderAnagalida
familyAnagalidae
genusQipania
speciesyui

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.

†Qipania yui Hu 1993
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

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) Qipania yui (type locality: 137418)