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Meiostylodon zaoshiensis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Meiostylodon zaoshiensis was named by Wang (1975). Its type specimen is IVPP V4869, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IVPP Loc. 72135, Chaling Basin, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial claystone in the Zaoshi Formation of China. It is the type species of Meiostylodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Meiostylodon zaoshiensis 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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderTillodontia()
genusMeiostylodon
specieszaoshiensis

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Diagnosis
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