Lactodens Han and Meng 2016 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae

Full reference: G. Han and J. Meng. 2016. A new spalacolestine mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota and implications for the morphology, phylogeny, and palaeobiology of Laurasian ‘symmetrodontans’. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178:343-380

Parent taxon: Spalacolestinae according to G. Han and J. Meng 2016

Sister taxa: Aliaga, Heishanlestes, Shalbaatar, Spalacolestes, Spalacotheridium, Spalacotheroides, Symmetrodontoides, Yaverlestes

Subtaxa: Lactodens sheni

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Type: Lactodens sheni

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shangheshou (Cretaceous of China)

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