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Benaius qianshuiensis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Benaius qianshuiensis was named by Wang and Jin (2004). Its type specimen is IVPP V13806, a mandible (Left lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fanglaowu (71003), Wanghe Town, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Wanghudun Formation of China. It is the type species of Benaius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Benaius qianshuiensis Wang and Jin p. 15

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderTillodontia()
genusBenaius
speciesqianshuiensis

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.

†Benaius qianshuiensis Wang and Jin 2004
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Diagnosis
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