Sangarotherium
| Sangarotherium Temporal range:
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| Holotype jaw fragment with a close-up view of the tooth crown | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
| Genus: | †Sangarotherium Averianov et al., 2018 |
| Type species | |
| †Sangarotherium aquilonium Averianov et al., 2018
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Sangarotherium is an extinct genus of
Yakutia.[1]
Like most other eutriconodonts, the complete
During the Early Cretaceous, the Teete site may have been located at up to 70° North, above the Arctic Circle. This would make Sangarotherium the most northerly known mammal of the Early Cretaceous. Despite its arctic latitude, the Teete site would have had a temperate climate according to the presence of lizards, salamanders, and turtles, though the latter are exceptionally rare. Docodontan and haramiyidan mammaliaform fossils have also been reported, as well as dinosaur teeth.[1]