Hadrocodium wui 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

Belongs to Hadrocodium according to Z.-X. Luo et al. 2001

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP 8275, a skull. Its type locality is Hadrocodium, Lufeng, which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Lufeng Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hadrocodium, Lufeng

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