Full reference: Q. Ji, Z.-X. Luo, C.-X. Yuan, J. R. Wible, J.-P. Zhang and J. A. Georgi. 2002. The earliest known eutherian mammal. Nature 416:816-822
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to S. Bi et al. 2018
See also Ji et al. 2002, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Velazco et al. 2022, Wang et al. 2006 and Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Didymoconida, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, 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: Eomaia scansoria
Type: Eomaia scansoria
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Dawangzhangzi (Cretaceous of China)
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