Gobiconodon zofiae Li et al. 2003 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae

Full reference: C. Li, Y. Wang, Y. Hu and J. Meng. 2003. A new species of Gobiconodon (Triconodonta, Mammalia) and its implication for the age of Jehol Biota. Chinese Science Bulletin 48(11):1129-1134

Belongs to Gobiconodon according to C. Li et al. 2003

See also Kusuhashi et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Gobiconodon bathoniensis, Gobiconodon borissiaki, Gobiconodon haizhouensis, Gobiconodon hoburensis, Gobiconodon hopsoni, Gobiconodon luoianus, Gobiconodon ostromi, Gobiconodon palaios, Gobiconodon tomidai

Type specimen: IVPP V12585, a partial skull (A skull, with right half damaged, and associated lower jaws). Its type locality is Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (IVPP), which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial tuff in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (IVPP)

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