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XIANSHOU
(ze-an-shu)
meaning: "immortal beast"
Named By: S. Bi, Y. Wang, J. Guan, Z. Sheng & J. Meng in 2014
Time Period: 160 Ma Oxfordian
Location: China, Liaoning Province - Tiaojishan Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Insectivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Theriiformes | Allotheria | Euharamiyida |
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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.

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