Rugosodon Yuan et al. 2013 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Full reference: C.-X. Yuan, Q. Ji, Q.-J. Meng, A. R. Tabrum, and Z.-X. Luo. 2013. Earliest Evolution of Multituberculate Mammals Revealed by a New Jurassic Fossil. Science 341:779-783

Parent taxon: Multituberculata according to S. Bi et al. 2014

See also Yuan et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Allodontidae, Ameribaatar, Arginbaataridae, Baidabatyr, Cimolodonta, Eobaataridae, Glirodon, Hahnotheriidae, Haramyidae, Paulchoffatiidae, Plagiaulacida, Tagaria, Tashtykia, Tritylodontoidea, Zofiabaataridae

Subtaxa: Rugosodon eurasiaticus

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Type: Rugosodon eurasiaticus

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Daxigou (Jurassic of China)

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