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Zhigdenia nemegetica

Mammalia - Pantolestidae

Taxonomy
Zhigdenia nemegetica was named by Lopatin (2006). Its type specimen is PIN 3107/431, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Naran Bulak, Nemegt Depression, which is in a Gashatan terrestrial horizon in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Zhigdenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Zhigdenia nemegetica Lopatin

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyPantolestoidae(Cope 1887)
familyPantolestidaeCope 1884
subfamilyPantolestinaeSimpson 1937
genusZhigdenia
speciesnemegetica

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.

†Zhigdenia nemegetica Lopatin 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: durophagef
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:16:47
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:16:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Gashatan or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8Mongolia Zhigdenia nemegetica (type locality: 132936)