| Jeholodentidae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Jeholodens jenkinsi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
| Family: | †Jeholodentidae Luo et al., 2007 |
| Type species | |
| †Jeholodens jenkinsi Ji et al., 1999
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| Genera | |
The family Jeholodentidae is a possible eutriconodont family that was present in China around 125 million years ago during the time of the dinosaurs. There are currently two genera assigned to the family, Yanoconodon and Jeholodens.[1][2]
However, recent studies have shown it to be paraphyletic in relation to Triconodontidae, with Yanoconodon being closer to them than to Jeholodens.[3]
- ^ Luo, Z.-X.; Chen, P.; Li, G.; Chen, M. (2007). "A new eutriconodont mammal and evolutionary development in early mammals" (PDF). Nature. 446 (7133): 288–293. Bibcode:2007Natur.446..288L. doi:10.1038/nature05627. PMID 17361176. S2CID 4329583.
- ^ Ji, Q.; Luo, Z.; Ji, S. (1999). "A Chinese triconodont mammal and mosaic evolution of the mammalian skeleton". Nature. 398 (6725): 326–330. Bibcode:1999Natur.398..326Q. doi:10.1038/18665. PMID 10192332. S2CID 4429536.
- ^ Thomas Martin, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Romain Vullo, Hugo Martín-Abad, Zhe-Xi Luo & Angela D. Buscalioni, A Cretaceous eutriconodont and integument evolution in early mammals, Nature 526, 380–384 (15 October 2015) doi:10.1038/nature14905 Received 05 March 2015 Accepted 13 July 2015 Published online 14 October 2015