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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Mesonychia |
| Family: | †Mesonychidae |
| Genus: | †Jiangxia Zhang et al., 1979 |
| Species: | †J. chaotoensis
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| †Jiangxia chaotoensis Zhang et al., 1979
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Jiangxia chaotoensis was named after the province of Jiangxi, China, where it was found.[2]
References
edit- ^ Zhang, Yuping, et al. "Several species of Condylarthra from the Paleocene of Jiangxi." (1997).
- ^ An Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna From Hengdong, Hunan Province, China.(1995)Louisiana State University.
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