Zhangheotheriidae is a possibly paraphyletic[2] family of mammals belonging to Symmetrodonta that is currently known from Early Cretaceous deposits in China. Three genera are currently recognized, Anebodon, Origolestes, and Zhangheotherium.[3][4]
| Zhangheotheriidae | |
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| Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Symmetrodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Spalacotherioidea |
| Family: | †Zhangheotheriidae Rougier, 2003 |
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References
- ^ Fangyuan Mao; Yaoming Hu; Chuankui Li; Yuanqing Wang; Morgan Hill Chase; Andrew K. Smith; Jin Meng (2019). "Integrated hearing and chewing modules decoupled in a Cretaceous stem therian mammal". Science. in press. doi:10.1126/science.aay9220.
- ^ Shundong Bi; Xiaoting Zheng; Jin Meng; Xiaoli Wang; Nicole Robinson; Brian Davis (2016). "A new symmetrodont mammal (Trechnotheria: Zhangheotheriidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China and trechnotherian character evolution". Scientific Reports. 6: Article number 26668. doi:10.1038/srep26668.
- ^ Shundong Bi; Xiaoting Zheng; Jin Meng; Xiaoli Wang; Nicole Robinson; Brian Davis (2016). "A new symmetrodont mammal (Trechnotheria: Zhangheotheriidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China and trechnotherian character evolution". Scientific Reports 6: Article number 26668. doi:10.1038/srep26668.
- ^ Hu, Y., Wang, Y., Luo, Z., and Li, C., 1997, A new symmetrodont mammal from China and its implications for mammalian evolution: Nature, v. 390, p. 137-142.
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