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Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens
Taxonomy
Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens was named by Hu et al. (1997). Its type specimen is IVPP V7466, a partial skeleton (partial skull and most of postcranial skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Zhangheotherium type, Jianshangou Valley, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Zhangheotherium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens Hu et al. pp. 137-140 figs. 1-4 |
| 2004 | Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 368 |
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†Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens Hu et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Y. Hu et al. 1997 | A spalacotheriid symmetrodont (Fig. 2) with the dental formula 3×1×2×5/3×1×2×6; differing from all other known symmetrodonts in having a hypertrophied cusp B9 between the main cusp A and the stylocone (cusp B) (Fig. 2); distinguishable from other spalacotheriids in the conical shape of the main cusps and the lack of lingual and labial cingulids on the lower molars; distinctive from Spalacotherium in having more robust and rounded main cusps that lack connecting cristae; unique among early mammals in having fused sternebrae, and a posteriorly expanded xiphoid process. |
Measurements
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| References: Luo et al. 2003, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, 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 (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens (10761 type locality: 49106) |