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Yimengia

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Yimengia was named by Wang (1988). Its type is Rhodopagus laiwuensis.

It was assigned to Hyracodontidae by Wang (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Yimengia Wang

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
genusYimengia

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.

G. †Yimengia Wang 1988
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†Yimengia laiwuensis Qi and Meng 1983
†Yimengia yani Wang 1988
†Yimengia zdanskyi Lucas and Schoch 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:07:17
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:07:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Prothero 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 55.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.03China (Shandong) Rhodopagus zdanskyi (41124)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Hubei) Y. sp. (175808)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Henan) Y. sp. 3 (175584)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Shandong) Breviodon minutus (175583) Rhodopagus laiwuensis (175581) Y. sp. 1 (175569) Y. yani (175568)