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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