Zhangheotheriidae Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian, 129.4–113 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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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 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.
References
- "Zhangheotheriidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Zhangheotheriidae |
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