Mesodmops dawsonae Tong and Wang 1994 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Full reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 1994. A new neoplagiaulacid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the Lower Eocene of Wutu Basin, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 32(4):275-284

Belongs to Mesodmops according to Y. Tong and J. Wang 1994

Sister taxon: Mesodmops tenuis

Type specimen: IVPP V10699, a partial skull. Its type locality is Changle Coal Mine, which is in an Eocene terrestrial coal in the Wutu Formation of China.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Changle Coal Mine

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