Xianshou
Name: Xianshou
(immortal beast).
Phonetic: Ze-an-shu.
Named By: S. Bi, Y. Wang, J. Guan, Z.
Sheng & J. Meng - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Theriiformes, Allotheria, Euharamiyida.
Species: X. linglong, X. songae.
Diet: Insectivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China, Liaoning Province -
Tiaojishan Formation.
Time period: Oxfordian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Xianshou is a genus of allotherian mammal that lived in China during the late Jurassic.
Further reading
- Three new Jurassic euharamiyidan species reinforce early divergence
of mammals. - Nature 514:579-584. - S. Bi, Y. Wang,
J. Guan, Z. Sheng & J. Meng - 2014.
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