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Yimengia zdanskyi

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Taxonomy
Rhodopagus zdanskyi was named by Lucas and Schoch (1981). Its type specimen is PMU M3004, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xigou (Hsi-Kou), Xintaixian (Hsin-T'ai-Hsien) County, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Guanzhuang Formation of China.

It was recombined as Yimengia zdanskyi by Wang (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Rhodopagus zdanskyi Lucas and Schoch
1988Yimengia zdanskyi Wang

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
genusYimengia
specieszdanskyi()

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.

†Yimengia zdanskyi Lucas and Schoch 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:07:17
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:07:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Prothero 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 56.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.03China (Shandong) Rhodopagus zdanskyi (type locality: 41124)