Rugosodon eurasiaticus 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

Belongs to Rugosodon according to C.-X. Yuan et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH PM1142A, a skeleton (Partial skull and most of the postcrania). Its type locality is Daxigou, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Daxigou

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