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Yimengia laiwuensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Rhodopagus laiwuensis was named by Qi and Meng (1983). Its type specimen is IVPP V6873, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laiwu, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Guanzhuang Formation of China. It is the type species of Yimengia.

It was recombined as Yimengia laiwuensis by Wang (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Rhodopagus laiwuensis Qi and Meng
1988Yimengia laiwuensis 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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
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
specieslaiwuensis()

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.

Yimengia laiwuensis Qi and Meng 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available