Castorocauda Ji et al. 2006 (dodocont)

Osteichthyes - Docodonta

Full reference: Q. Ji, Z.-X. Luo, C.-X. Yuan and A. R. Tabrum. 2006. A swimming mammaliaform from the middle Jurassic and ecomorphological diversification of early mammals. Science 311:1123-1127

Parent taxon: Docodonta according to A. O. Averianov et al. 2010

See also Barnes 1989, Bi et al. 2014 and Ji et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Agilodocodon, Docodontidae, Docofossor, Itatodon, Simpsonodontidae, Tashkumyrodon, Tegotheriidae

Subtaxa: Castorocauda lutrasimilis

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Type: Castorocauda lutrasimilis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (IVPP collection) (Jurassic of China)

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