Maotherium asiaticus Ji et al. 2009 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhangheotheriidae

Full reference: Q. Ji, Z.-X. Luo, X. Zhang, C.-X. Yuan, and L. Xu. 2009. Evolutionary Development of the Middle Ear in Mesozoic Therian Mammals. Science 326:278-281

Belongs to Maotherium according to Q. Ji et al. 2009

Sister taxon: Maotherium sinensis

Type specimen: HGM 41H-III-0321, a skeleton (almost complete skull and most of the postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Lujiatun Maotherium locality, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Lujiatun Maotherium locality

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