Jiangxia chaotoensis
Temporal range:
Jiangxia chaotoensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Jinagxia chaotoensis was named after the province of Jiangxi, China, where it was found.[2]

References

  1. Zhang, Yuping, et al. "Several species of Condylarthra from the Paleocene of Jiangxi." (1997).
  2. An Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna From Hengdong, Hunan Province, China.(1995)Louisiana State University.


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