Zhangheotheriidae
Appearance
Zhangheotheriidae | |
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Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Symmetrodonta |
Superfamily: | †Spalacotherioidea |
Family: | †Zhangheotheriidae Rougier, 2003 |
Genera | |
Zhangheotheriidae is a possibly paraphyletic[2] family of "symmetrodont" mammals that is currently known from Early Cretaceous deposits in China and Russia. Six genera are currently recognized, Anebodon, Kiyatherium, Maotherium, Ningchengodon, Origolestes, and Zhangheotherium.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zhangheotheriidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ a b Bi, S.; Zheng, X.; Meng, J.; Wang, X.; Robinson, N.; Davis, B. (2016). "A new symmetrodont mammal (Trechnotheria: Zhangheotheriidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China and trechnotherian character evolution". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 26668. doi:10.1038/srep26668. PMC 4877676.
- ^ Wang, J.; Wible, J. R.; Guo, B.; Shelley, S. L.; Hu, H.; Bi, S. (2021). "A monotreme-like auditory apparatus in a Middle Jurassic haramiyidan". Nature. 590 (7845): 279–283. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-03137-z.
- ^ Zhang, H.; Zhou, C.; Luo, Z. (2024). "A new symmetrodont mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Ningcheng Basin, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 69. doi:10.4202/app.01154.2024.