Lactodens sheni 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

Belongs to Lactodens according to G. Han and J. Meng 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: HG-M016, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Shangheshou, which is in an Aptian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shangheshou

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