Jiangxia (mammal)
Jiangxia Temporal range:
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Jiangxia chaotoensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Mesonychia |
Family: | †Mesonychidae |
Genus: | †Jiangxia Zhang et al., 1979 |
Species: | †J. chaotoensis
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Binomial name | |
†Jiangxia chaotoensis Zhang et al., 1979
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Jiangxia chaotoensis is a Chinese mesonychid from the division of the Upper Paleocene. It may be related to the genera Dissacus and Hukoutherium.[1]
Jinagxia chaotoensis was named after the province of Jiangxi, China, where it was found.[2]
References[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Mesonychids
- Paleocene mammals
- Paleocene genus extinctions
- Prehistoric animals of China
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Prehistoric mammal stubs