Biology:Zhangheotheriidae

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Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Zhangheotheriidae
Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian,[1] 129.4–113 Ma
Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens.jpg
Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens
Scientific classification e
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. Five genera are currently recognized, Anebodon, Kiyatherium, Maotherium, Origolestes, and Zhangheotherium.[2][3]

References

  1. "Zhangheotheriidae". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=156658&is_real_user=1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 
  3. 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. 

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