Meiconodon lii Kusuhashi et al. 2009 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Marsupialia - Herpetotheriidae

Full reference: N. Kusuhashi, Y. Hu, Y. Wang, S. Hirasawa, and H. Matsuoka. 2009. New triconodontids (Mammalia) from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin formations, northeastern China. Geobios 42:765-781

Belongs to Meiconodon according to N. Kusuhashi et al. 2009

Sister taxon: Meiconodon setoguchii

Type specimen: IVPP V14515, a mandible (Fragment of left lower jaw with three molariforms). Its type locality is Fuxin city area, which is in an Aptian/Albian alluvial fan coal in the Fuxin Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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