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Shuotherium shilongi

Mammalia - Shuotheridia - Shuotheriidae

Taxonomy
Shuotherium shilongi was named by Wang et al. (1998). Its type specimen is IVPP V7467, a tooth (upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shilong-zhai, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial breccia/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Shuotherium shilongi Wang et al.

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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
subclassApotheria
superorderParatribosphenida
orderShuotheridia
familyShuotheriidae
genusShuotherium
speciesshilongi

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.

†Shuotherium shilongi Wang et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5China (Sichuan) Shuotherium shilongi (type locality: 47134)