Juramaia sinensis Luo et al. 2011 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: Z.-X. Luo, C.-X. Yuan, Q.-J. Meng and Q. Ji. 2011. A Jurassic eutherian mammal and divergence of marsupials and placentals. Nature 476:442-445

Belongs to Juramaia according to Z.-X. Luo et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH PM1143, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Daxigou, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Daxigou

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