Zhangheotheriidae

Zhangheotheriidae
Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian,[1] 129.4–113 Ma
Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Symmetrodonta
Superfamily: †Spalacotherioidea
Family: †Zhangheotheriidae
Rougier, 2003
Genera

Zhangheotheriidae is a possibly paraphyletic[2] family of "symmetrodont" mammals that is currently known from Early Cretaceous deposits in China and Russia. Six genera are currently recognized, Anebodon, Kiyatherium, Maotherium, Ningchengodon, Origolestes, and Zhangheotherium.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Zhangheotheriidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. ^ a b Bi, S.; Zheng, X.; Meng, J.; Wang, X.; Robinson, N.; Davis, B. (2016). "A new symmetrodont mammal (Trechnotheria: Zhangheotheriidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China and trechnotherian character evolution". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 26668. doi:10.1038/srep26668. PMC 4877676.
  3. ^ Wang, J.; Wible, J. R.; Guo, B.; Shelley, S. L.; Hu, H.; Bi, S. (2021). "A monotreme-like auditory apparatus in a Middle Jurassic haramiyidan". Nature. 590 (7845): 279–283. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-03137-z.
  4. ^ Zhang, H.; Zhou, C.; Luo, Z. (2024). "A new symmetrodont mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Ningcheng Basin, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 69. doi:10.4202/app.01154.2024.