Chaoyangodens lii Hou and Meng 2014 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta

Full reference: S. Hou and J. Meng. 2014. A new eutriconodont mammal from the early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 59(5-6):546-553

Belongs to Chaoyangodens according to S. Hou and J. Meng 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: JZT005-2010, Ji-Zan-Tang Paleontological Museum, Chaoyang, Liaoning, a skeleton (A skeleton preserved in a laminated siltstone that is split into two slabs). Its type locality is Dawangzhangzi, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Dawangzhangzi

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