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Xianshou songae

Mammalia - Kermackodontidae

Taxonomy
Xianshou songae was named by Bi et al. (2014). Its type specimen is BMNHC-PM003253, a skeleton (A skeleton preserved partial skull, mandible, and most of the postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Daxishan, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Xianshou songae Bi et al. p. 579 figs. 1c, 2f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
Euharamiyida
familyKermackodontidae
genusXianshou
speciessongae

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.

Xianshou songae Bi et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3China (Liaoning) Xianshou songae (type locality: 91487)