Hadrocodium Luo et al. 2001 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Full reference: Z.-X. Luo, A. W. Crompton, and A.-L. Sun. 2001. A new mammaliaform from the Early Jurassic and evolution of mammalian characteristics. Science 292:1535-1540

Parent taxon: Mammaliaformes according to S. Bi et al. 2014

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Luo et al. 2001 and Rowe et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Adelobasileus, Amphilestheria, Bocaconodon, Docodonta, Haramiyida, Kuehneotheriidae, Mammalia, Morganucodonta, Sinoconodon

Subtaxa: Hadrocodium wui

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Type: Hadrocodium wui

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hadrocodium, Lufeng (Jurassic of China)

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