Rugosodon Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Holotype specimen (BMNH 1142A) of R. euroasiaticus, National Natural History Museum of China | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Genus: | †Rugosodon Yuan et al., 2013 |
Species: | †R. eurasiaticus
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Binomial name | |
†Rugosodon eurasiaticus Yuan et al., 2013
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Rugosodon is an extinct genus of multituberculate (rodent-like) mammals from eastern China that lived 160 million years ago during the Jurassic period. The discovery of its type species and currently only known species Rugosodon eurasiaticus was reported in the 16 August 2013 issue of Science.