Dinnetherium Jenkins, Jr. et al. 1983 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Megazostrodontidae

Full reference: F. A. Jenkins, Jr., A. W. Crompton, and W. R. Downs. 1983. Mesozoic mammals from Arizona: new evidence on mammalian evolution. Science 222:1233-1235

Parent taxon: Megazostrodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Averianov and Lopatin 2011, Carroll 1988, Jenkins et al. 1983 and Wible 1991

Sister taxa: Megazostrodon, Wareolestes

Subtaxa: Dinnetherium nezorum

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Type: Dinnetherium nezorum

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609) (Jurassic of Arizona)

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