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Stenostylops xiangensis

Mammalia - Arctostylopidae

Taxonomy
Stenostylops xiangensis was named by Huang et al. (2001). Its type specimen is IVPP V12434, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yanquan, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Jianjiaxi Formation of China. It is the type species of Stenostylops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Stenostylops xiangensis Huang et al.

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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
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
familyArctostylopidaeSchlosser 1923
genusStenostylops
speciesxiangensis

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.

†Stenostylops xiangensis Huang et al. 2001
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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: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:06:19
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:06:19
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Archibald 1998

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Hunan) Stenostylops xiangensis (type locality: 175249)