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Asiohyopsodus confuciusi

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Taxonomy
Asiohyopsodus confuciusi was named by Tong and Wang (2006). Its type specimen is IVPP V10735, a partial skull (Maxilla and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Changle Coal Mine, which is in an Eocene terrestrial coal in the Wutu Formation of China. It is the type species of Asiohyopsodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Asiohyopsodus confuciusi Tong and 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Epitheria
orderCondylarthraCope 1881
familyHyopsodontidaeTrouessart 1879
genusAsiohyopsodus
speciesconfuciusi

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.

†Asiohyopsodus confuciusi Tong and Wang 2006
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 13:57:38
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:57:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Archibald 1998

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

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Shandong) Asiohyopsodus confuciusi (type locality: 77929 176605 183188)