Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhangheotheriidae
Full reference: H. Zhang, C.-F. Zhou, and Z.-X. Luo. 2024. A new symmetrodont mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Ningcheng Basin, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69(2):315-327
Belongs to Ningchengodon according to H. Zhang et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PMOL-AM00036, a mandible (A partial right dentary preserved with ultimate premolar and five molars plus tooth loci of other lower premolars, canine and incisors, as represented by tooth ). Its type locality is Duanjiagou, Xidayingzi Village, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial mudstone/tuff in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Duanjiagou, Xidayingzi Village
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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