Feredocodon
Appearance
Feredocodon Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
Family: | †Shuotheriidae |
Genus: | †Feredocodon Mao et al., 2024 |
Type species | |
Feredocodon chowi Mao et al., 2024
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Feredocodon is an extinct genus of mammaliaform that lived during the Middle Jurassic between 168 and 164 million years ago.[1][2] It was discovered in China, Inner Mongolia, in Daohugou locality.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mao, Fangyuan; Li, Zhiyu; Wang, Zhili; Zhang, Chi; Rich, Thomas; Vickers-Rich, Patricia; Meng, Jin (2024). "Jurassic shuotheriids show earliest dental diversification of mammaliaforms". Nature. 628 (8008): 569–575. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07258-7. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ Meng, Jin; Mao, Fangyuan (July 19, 2024). "On the earliest evolution of the mammaliaform teeth, jaw joint and middle ear". Clinical and Translational Medicine. 14 (7): e1768. doi:10.1002/ctm2.1768. PMC 11259600. PMID 39031974.