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†order Didymoconida Kretzoi 1943 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Didymoconida

Alternative spelling: Didymoconidae

Synonym: Tshelkariidae Gromova 1960

Parent taxon: Eutheria according to A. V. Lopatin 2001

See also Gingerich 1982, Lopatin 1997, Lopatin 2006, Mellett and Szalay 1968 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, Eomaia, Heptaconodon, Heptaconodon dubium, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Indoclemensia, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Meridiungulata, Mingotheriidae, Montanalestes, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Palaeorycteropus, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Placentalia, Proteutheria, Prozalambdalestes, Quadripedes, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Sinodelphys, Taeniodonta, Tamirtheria, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Zalambdalestoidea, Zhelestidae

Subtaxa: Archaeoryctes Ardynictinae Ardynictis Didymoconinae Didymoconus berkeyi Hsiangolestes Hunanictis Jiajianictis Kennatheriinae Wanolestes Zeuctherium

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mongolia (2 collections)

• Oligocene of China (6), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (13)

• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1)

• Eocene of China (4), Mongolia (5)

• Paleocene of China (5), Mongolia (1)

Total: 38 collections including 48 occurrences

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