Zhangheotheriidae

Zhangheotheriidae Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian, [1] 129.4–113  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Symmetrodonta
Superfamily:	† Spalacotherioidea
Family:	† Zhangheotheriidae Rougier, 2003
Genera
† Anebodon † Kiyatherium † Maotherium † Ningchengodon † Origolestes † Zhangheotherium

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]}

References

1. "Zhangheotheriidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
2. 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 .