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Minchenoletes erlianensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae

Taxonomy
Minchenoletes erlianensis was named by Wang et al. (2011). Its type specimen is IVPP V 14683, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nuhetingboerhe (Nomogen), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Nomogen Formation of China. It is the type species of Minchenoletes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Minchenoletes erlianensis Wang 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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
familyLophialetidaeMatthew and Granger 1925
genusMinchenoletes
specieserlianensis

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.

†Minchenoletes erlianensis Wang et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:02:20
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:02:20
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Colbert and Schoch 1998

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bumbanian55.8 - 48.6China (Nei Mongol) Minchenoletes erlianensis (72202)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Nei Mongol) Minchenoletes erlianensis (type locality: 176327)