Gobiconodon tomidai Kusuhashi et al. 2016 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae

Full reference: N. Kusuhashi, Y.-Q. Wang, C.-K. Li and X. Jin. 2016. Two new species of Gobiconodon (Mammalia, Eutriconodonta, Gobiconodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin formations, northeastern China. Historical Biology 28(1-2):14-26

Belongs to Gobiconodon according to N. Kusuhashi et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Gobiconodon bathoniensis, Gobiconodon borissiaki, Gobiconodon haizhouensis, Gobiconodon hoburensis, Gobiconodon hopsoni, Gobiconodon luoianus, Gobiconodon ostromi, Gobiconodon palaios, Gobiconodon zofiae

Type specimen: IVPP V14510, a mandible. Its type locality is Shahai formation, coal series, Badaohao, which is in an Aptian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/coal in the Shahai Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shahai formation, coal series, Badaohao

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