Axainamasia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Embrithopoda

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: †Embrithopoda

Familia: †Palaeoamasiidae
Genus: †Axainamasia
Species: †A. sandersi

Name

Axainamasia Métais, Coster, Kaya, Licht, Miller, Ocakoğlu, Rust & Beard, 2024

Type species: Axainamasia sandersi Métais, Coster, Kaya, Licht, Miller, Ocakoğlu, Rust & Beard, 2024, by monotypy

Etymology: "axaina (indigo), a Scythian term describing the Black Sea, and suffix -amasia, referring to the modern city of Amasya, Turkey, located near the type locality for Palaeoamasia kansui"

References

Primary references

• Métais, G., Coster, P., Kaya, M., Licht, A., Miller, K., Ocakoğlu, F., Rust, K. & Beard, K.C. 2024. Rapid colonization and diversification of a large-bodied mammalian herbivore clade in an insular context: New embrithopods from the Eocene of Balkanatolia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 31: 15. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-024-09711-w Reference page.