Juchilestes liaoningensis Gao et al. 2010 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta

Full reference: C. -L. Gao, G. P. Wilson, Z. Luo, A. M. Maga, Q. Meng and X. Wang. 2010. A new mammal skull from the Lower Cretaceous of China with implications for the evolution of obtuse-angled molars and 'amphilestid' eutriconodonts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277:237-246

Belongs to Juchilestes according to C. -L. Gao et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Dalian Museum of Natural History 2607, a skull. Its type locality is Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (other), which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

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

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