Shuotherium shilongi Wang et al. 1998 (mammal)

Mammalia - Shuotheridia - Shuotheriidae

Full reference: Y. Wang, W. A. Clemens, Y. Hu and C. Li. 1998. A probably pseudo-tribosphenic upper molar from the Late Jurassic of China and the early radiation of Holotheria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):777-787

Belongs to Shuotherium according to Y. Wang et al. 1998

Sister taxon: Shuotherium dongi

Type specimen: IVPP V7467, a tooth (upper molar). Its type locality is Shilong-zhai, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial breccia/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shilong-zhai

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