Jiangxia chaotoensis
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Mesonychia |
Family: | †Mesonychidae |
Genus: | †Jiangxia Zhang et al., 1979 |
Species: | †J. chaotoensis |
Binomial name | |
†Jiangxia chaotoensis Zhang et al., 1979 |
Jiangxia chaotoensis is a Chinese mesonychid from the Nongshanian division of the Upper Paleocene. It may be related to the genera Dissacus and Hukoutherium.[1]
Jiangxia chaotoensis was named after the province of Jiangxi, China, where it was found.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Zhang, Yuping, et al. "Several species of Condylarthra from the Paleocene of Jiangxi." (1997).
- ^ An Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna From Hengdong, Hunan Province, China.(1995)Louisiana State University.