Juramaia

Juramaia
Temporal range: ?Late Jurassic
Holotype specimen (BMNH PM 1343B) of J. sinensis, National Natural History Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Genus: †Juramaia
Luo et al., 2011
Species
  • †J. sinensis Luo et al., 2011 (type)

Juramaia is an extinct genus of a therian mammal, possibly a very basal eutherian mammal, known from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian stage) or Early Cretaceous deposits of western Liaoning, China.[1] It is a small shrew-like mammal weighing around 15–17 grams (0.53–0.60 oz).[2]

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