Liaoconodon

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Liaoconodon
Temporal range:
Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Eutriconodonta
Genus: †Liaoconodon
Meng, Wang & Li, 2011
Species
  • †L. hui Meng, Wang & Li, 2011 (type)

Liaoconodon is an

Liaoning Province, eastern China. It is known from the holotype IVPP V 16051, which consists of nearly complete skeleton and skull. It was found in the Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Biota) near Xiaotaizi, Lamadong. It was first named by Jin Meng, Yuanqing Wang and Chuankui Li in 2011 and the type species is Liaoconodon hui.[1]

Studies on its anatomy show that it was a semi-aquatic mammal, having a long body and paddle-like limbs.[2]

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Thomas Martin et al. 2015[3]

 Eutriconodonta 

References

  1. S2CID 4428972
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  2. ^ Meng Chen, Gregory Philip Wilson, A multivariate approach to infer locomotor modes in Mesozoic mammals, Article in Paleobiology 41(02) · February 2015
    doi:10.1017/pab.2014.14
  3. doi:10.1038/nature14905
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