Jeholodentidae

Jeholodentidae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Jeholodens jenkinsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Holotheria
Order:	Triconodonta
Family:	Jeholodentidae Luo et al., 2007
Genus
Yanoconodon Luo et al., 2007 Jeholodens Ji et al., 1999

The family Jeholodentidae is a Triconodont family that was present in China around 125 million years ago during the time of the dinosaurs. There are currently two genera assigned to the family, Yanoconodon and Jeholodens.

References

Luo, Z.-X.; Chen, P.; Li, G. and Chen, M. (2007). "A new eutriconodont mammal and evolutionary development in early mammals.". Nature 446 (7133): 288–293. doi:10.1038/nature05627. PMID 17361176. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7133/abs/nature05627.html.
Ji, Q.; Luo, Z. and Ji, S. (1999). "A Chinese triconodont mammal and mosaic evolution of the mammalian skeleton". Nature 398 (6725): 326–330. doi:10.1038/18665. PMID 10192332.
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