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Jiufengia jiai

Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae

Taxonomy
Jiufengia jiai was named by Liu and Abdala (2019). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IVPP V 23877, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is DQS 72, Wuliangshitai, Gongshanwan, which is in a Lopingian terrestrial horizon in the Naobaogou Formation of China. It is the type species of Jiufengia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Jiufengia jiai Liu and Abdala

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
familyAkidnognathidaeNopcsa 1923
genusJiufengia
speciesjiai

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.

Jiufengia jiai Liu and Abdala 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Lopingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17China (Inner Mongolia) Jiufengia jiai (type locality: 224589)