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Eomylus zhigdenensis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Eomylus zhigdenensis was named by Dashzeveg and Russell (1988). Its type specimen is PSS 20-139, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tsagan Khushu Quarry 3, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial claystone in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Eomylus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Eomylus zhigdenensis Dashzeveg and Russell
1988Khaychina elongata Dashzeveg and Russell

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
genusEomylus
specieszhigdenensis

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.

†Eomylus zhigdenensis Dashzeveg and Russell 1988
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Invalid names: Khaychina elongata Dashzeveg and Russell 1988 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia (Ovorhangai) Khaychina elongata (133401)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia Eomylus zhigdenensis (133398)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia (Omnogov) Eomylus zhigdenensis (type locality: 133396)