Juchilestes Gao et al. 2010 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta

Full reference: C. -L. Gao, G. P. Wilson, Z. Luo, A. M. Maga, Q. Meng and X. Wang. 2010. A new mammal skull from the Lower Cretaceous of China with implications for the evolution of obtuse-angled molars and 'amphilestid' eutriconodonts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277:237-246

Parent taxon: Eutriconodonta according to C. -L. Gao et al. 2010

See also Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Austrotriconodontidae, Chaoyangodens, Dyskritodon, Gobiconodontidae, Hakusanodon, Indotriconodon, Jeholodens, Jeholodentidae, Klameliidae, Liaoconodon, Sangarotherium, Triconodontidae

Subtaxa: Juchilestes liaoningensis

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Type: Juchilestes liaoningensis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (other) (Cretaceous of China)

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