Biology:Kuehneotheriidae
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Short description: Extinct family of mammaliaforms
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Superlegion: | †Kuehneotheria McKenna, 1975 |
| Family: | †Kuehneotheriidae Kermack, Kermack, & Mussett, 1968 |
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| †Kuehneotherium praecursoris Kermack, Kermack, & Mussett, 1968
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Kuehneotheriidae is an extinct family of mammaliaforms traditionally placed within 'Symmetrodonta', though now generally considered more basal than true symmetrodonts.[2] All members of Kuehneotheriidae which have been found so far are represented only by teeth, but these teeth have features which have led paleontologists to classify kuehneotheriids as very close relatives of the first true mammals.[3] But fossil clades based solely on teeth often lead to difficulties (Ausktribosphenidae being a good example), and it is not possible to draw significant conclusions about mammalian evolution from Kuehneotheriidae unless some more complete skeletons are found.
See also
References
- ↑ Debuysschere, Maxime (2016). "The Kuehneotheriidae (Mammaliaformes) from Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (Upper Triassic, France): a Systematic Review". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24: 127-146. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9335-z.
- ↑ Bi, Shundong; Zheng, Xiaoting; Meng, Jin; Wang, Xiaoli; Robinson, Nicole; Davis, Brian (2016). "A new symmetrodont mammal (Trechnotheria: Zhangheotheriidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China and trechnotherian character evolution". Scientific Reports 6: 26668. doi:10.1038/srep26668.
- ↑ "Kuehneotheriidae — Palaeos". http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/mammaliformes/mammaliformes3.html#Kuehneotheriidae.
Wikidata ☰ Q6441860 entry
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