Xianshou
Xianshou is a genus of gliding haramiyidan synapsid known from the Oxfordian stage of the Jurassic period, approximately 160 million years ago. Two species, X. linglong and X. songae, are known from fossils of the Tiaojishan Formation in the Liaoning province of China.
| Xianshou Temporal range: Oxfordian | |
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| Skull diagram of X. linglong | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Order: | †Haramiyida |
| Family: | †Eleutherodontidae |
| Genus: | †Xianshou Wang, Meng, Bi, Guan and Sheng, 2014 |
| Species | |
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X. linglong Wang et al., 2014 | |
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