Hsiangolestes youngi Zheng and Huang, 1984

Ting, Suyin, Wang, Xiaoming & Meng, Jin, 2023, Cranial And Postcranial Morphology Of The Insectivoran-Grade Mammals Hsiangolestes And Naranius (Mammalia, Eutheria) With Analyses Of Their Phylogenetic Relationships, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2023 (463), pp. 1-129 : 19

Hsiangolestes youngi Zheng and Huang, 1984

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TYPE SPECIMEN: IVPP V 7353, anterior part of skull, with left and right upper canine roots and left and right P1-M3, collected by J.J. Zheng and X.S. Huang in 1978.

REFERRED SPECIMENS: IVPP V 5346 ( V 5791 of Ting, 1995), complete skull, with partial left P1, left P2–3, left M1 and M3, and right P1–M3; IVPP V 5792, complete skull, with left and right canines, left P1, left P4–M3, and right P4–M2;

IVPP V5793, anterior half of skull and partial right lower jaw, with fragmentary left and right C–M3 and right m1–3; IVPP V5794, anterior half of skull with associated mandibles, with left and right I1–3, left and right C, left P1–M3, right P1, right P4–M3, left i2–3, left c and incomplete right c, and left and right p1–m3; IVPP V5795, anterior half of skull with associated mandibles, with fragmentary left C, left P1, left P3–M1, left M3, right P1–M3, fragmentary right c, left p2–m3, and right p1–m3; IVPP V5796, a fragmentary anterior half of skull without well preserved teeth; IVPP V5797, nearly complete skull, with fragmentary left and right P1–M3, also with a rib, partial right pelvic girdle, partial left femur, partial right tibia, and nearly complete left and right pedes; IVPP V5798, anterior half of skull and associated partial left lower jaw, with fragmentary left and right M2, and vary fragmentary left m2–3; IVPP V5799 (V5800 of Ting, 1995), crushed anterior part of skull with associated mandibles, with fragmentary left I2–3, left C, left P3–M3, fragmentary right C, right P4–M3, left and right c, and right p2–3; IVPP V5800 (V5799 of Ting, 1995), nearly complete skull, with very fragmentary left P3–M3 and fragmentary right P3–M3; IVPP V5801, anterior half of skull with associated mandibles, with left P1–2, left P4–M3, right P1–M3, and left and right p1–m3; IVPP V5802, anterior half of skull with associated mandibles, with left P1–M3, right P2–M1, left p1–4, and right p3–m3; IVPP V7431, fragmentary partial skull with associated fragmentary mandibles, with right P1–4 and right p2–4; IVPP V7432, fragmentary partial skull with associated fragmentary mandible, with very fragmentary left

Figures

FIG. 7. Hsiangolestes youngi skulls in dorsal (A, C, E, G, I) and ventral views (B, D, F, H, J), showing size variation. IVPP V5800 (A, B), V5797 (C, D), V5792 (E, F), V7454 (G, H), V5346 (I, J).

FIG. 8. Hsiangolestes youngi lower jaws in lateral view, showing size variation. A. IVPP V7435, B. V5793, C. V5794, D. V5795, E. V5801.

FIG. 9. Anterior part of skull of Hsiangolestes youngi, IVPP V5794: A. stereophotographs in front view; and B. photo in lateral view.