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Ningchengodon foxi

Mammalia - Zhangheotheriidae

Taxonomy
Ningchengodon foxi was named by Zhang et al. (2024). Its type specimen is PMOL-AM00036, a mandible (A partial right dentary preserved with ultimate premolar and five molars plus tooth loci of other lower premolars, canine and incisors, as represented by tooth ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Duanjiagou, Xidayingzi Village, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial mudstone/tuff in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Ningchengodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Ningchengodon foxi Zhang et al. p. 316 figs. 1-10

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Spalacotherioidea
familyZhangheotheriidae
genusNingchengodon
speciesfoxi

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.

†Ningchengodon foxi Zhang et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Zhang et al. 2024A new zhangheotheriid with a lower dental formula of i3/c1/p3/m5, lack of distinct diastema between premolar loci, ultimate premolar molariform with a symmetrical crown and without cingulid lingually or buccally, acute-triangulation of main cusps of lower molars (m1, 82°; m2, ?; m3, 66°; m4, 88°), cusps e and f of anterior molars (m1–m3) embraced preceding cusp d to form e-f-d interlocking between lower molars m1 through m3, ultimate molar (m5) reduced and obtuse-angled (122°).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Mammalia indet. (type locality: 235272)