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Zhangheotheriidae

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Extinct family of mammals

Zhangheotheriidae
Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian, 129.4–113 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. "Zhangheotheriidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.
  4. 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.
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Cynodontia
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Mammalia
Australosphenida?
Henosferidae
Ausktribosphenidae
Monotremata
Kollikodontidae?
Steropodontidae
Teinolophidae
Ornithorhynchoidea
Ornithorhynchidae
Tachyglossidae
Allotheria?
Theriimorpha
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Ornithorhynchus anatinus Tachyglossus aculeatus
Theriimorpha
Theriimorpha
Gobiconodontidae
Jeholodentidae
Klameliidae?
Triconodontidae
Volaticotheria
Tinodontidae
Trechnotheria
Zhangheotheriidae
Spalacotheriidae
Cladotheria
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Repenomamus robustus Volaticotherium antiquum
Cladotheria
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Tribosphenida /
Boreosphenida
Theria
Eutheria
Metatheria
Cronopio dentiacutus Eomaia scansoria
Other taxa
Incertae sedis
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Taxon identifiers
Zhangheotheriidae


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