Megaconus Zhou et al. 2013 (mammal)

Mammalia - Allotheria - Kermackodontidae

Full reference: C.-F. Zhou, S. Wu, T. Martin and Z.-X. Luo. 2013. A Jurassic mammaliaform and the earliest mammalian evolutionary adaptations. Nature 500:163-167

Parent taxon: Eleutherodontidae according to C.-F. Zhou et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Butlerodon, Kermackodon, Vilevolodon, Xianshou, Maiopatagium

Subtaxa: Megaconus mammaliaformis

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Type: Megaconus mammaliaformis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (IVPP collection) (Jurassic of China)

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