†Maotherium sinensis Rougier et al. 2003 (mammal)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhangheotheriidae
Full reference: G. W. Rougier, Q. Ji, and M. J. Novacek. 2003. A new symmetrodont mammal with fur impressions from the Mesozoic of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 77(1):7-14
Belongs to Maotherium according to G. W. Rougier et al. 2003
See also Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxon: Maotherium asiaticus
Type specimen: NGMC-97-4-15, a skeleton (Fully articulated skeleton in a dorsal view with hair and body contour impressions). Its type locality is Maotherium type locality, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Maotherium type locality
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