Juchilestes Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Eutriconodonta |
Family: | † Amphidontidae |
Genus: | †
Juchilestes Gao et al., 2010 |
Type species | |
Juchilestes liaoningensis Gao et al., 2010
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Juchilestes is an amphidontid [1] mammal genus from the early Cretaceous (early Aptian stage, 123.2 ± 1.0 Ma). It lived in what is now the Beipiao of western Liaoning, eastern China. It is known from the holotype D2607, which consists of three-dimensionally preserved, partial skull with mandibles and some teeth. It was found in 2004 from the Lujiatun Site of the Yixian Formation ( Jehol Biota). It was first named by Chun-Ling Gao, Gregory P. Wilson, Zhe-Xi Luo, A. Murat Maga, Qingjin Meng and Xuri Wang in 2010 and the type species is Juchilestes liaoningensis. [2]
Cladogram after Thomas Martin et al. 2015 [3]
Juchilestes Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Eutriconodonta |
Family: | † Amphidontidae |
Genus: | †
Juchilestes Gao et al., 2010 |
Type species | |
Juchilestes liaoningensis Gao et al., 2010
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Juchilestes is an amphidontid [1] mammal genus from the early Cretaceous (early Aptian stage, 123.2 ± 1.0 Ma). It lived in what is now the Beipiao of western Liaoning, eastern China. It is known from the holotype D2607, which consists of three-dimensionally preserved, partial skull with mandibles and some teeth. It was found in 2004 from the Lujiatun Site of the Yixian Formation ( Jehol Biota). It was first named by Chun-Ling Gao, Gregory P. Wilson, Zhe-Xi Luo, A. Murat Maga, Qingjin Meng and Xuri Wang in 2010 and the type species is Juchilestes liaoningensis. [2]
Cladogram after Thomas Martin et al. 2015 [3]