New material of the trechnotherian mammal Lactodens from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Comparison with Origolestes and implications for mammal evolution

New material of the trechnotherian mammal Lactodens from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Comparison with Origolestes and implications for mammal evolution

A new specimen of Lactodens sheni, the only known spalacolestine from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, is reported from the Jiufotang Formation, Liaoning, China. The description focuses on the dental and mandibular morphologies from both the new specimen and the holotype, particularly those tha...

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Main Authors: FANGYUAN MAO, CUNYU LIU, JIN MENG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2022-03-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
mammalia
symmetrodonta
spalacotheriidae
zhangheotheriidae
dental morphology
mandible
middle ear
cretaceous
yixian formation
china
Online Access:https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app67/app009182021.pdf

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