Spalacotheriidae

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Spalacotheriidae
Temporal range:
Ma
Restoration of Yaverlestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Symmetrodonta
Superfamily: †
Spalacotherioidea
Family: †Spalacotheriidae
Marsh, 1887
Genera

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Spalacotheriidae is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the

paraphyletic group 'Symmetrodonta'. They lasted from the Early Cretaceous to the Campanian in North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
.

Spalacotheriids are characterised by having molar teeth with three molar cusps sitting at acute angles to one another.

insectivorous diet.[2]

A sub-group of Spalacotheriidae, the spalacolestines, lack a Meckelian groove in the jaw, indicating that they had a modern ear anatomy.[1]

Genera

References

  1. ^ a b Martin, T., 2018. 6. Mesozoic mammals—early mammalian diversity and ecomorphological adaptations. In Mammalian evolution, diversity and systematics (pp. 199-300). De Gruyter.
  2. ^
    doi:10.1111/zoj.12416
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