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Miacis lushiensis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Miacis lushiensis was named by Chow (1975). Its type specimen is IVPP V4811 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mengjiapo, fossil locality no. 57202, Lushi basin, which is in an Eocene lacustrine marl/siltstone in the Lushi Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Miacis lushiensis Chow
1982Miacis lushiensis Flynn and Galiano p. 35

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
genusMiacis
specieslushiensis

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.

†Miacis lushiensis Chow 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 11:55:43
Modified: 2011-04-24 20:55:43
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 47.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Henan) Miacis lushiensis (type locality: 46193)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Jiangsu) Miacis lushiensis (37493)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4China (Henan) Miacis lushiensis (174738)