Biology:Origolestes

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Origolestes is an extinct monotypic genus of stem group therian that lived in East Asia during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.[1]

Palaeobiology

Social behaviour

Six individuals of Origolestes lii have been found together, likely the result of all being buried simultaneously as they slept huddled together.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Origolestes". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=txn:424647. 
  2. ↑ Mao, Fangyuan; Hu, Yaoming; Li, Chuankui; Wang, Yuanqing; Chase, Morgan Hill; Smith, Andrew K.; Meng, Jin (5 December 2019). "Integrated hearing and chewing modules decoupled in a Cretaceous stem therian mammal" (in en). Science 367 (6475): 305–308. doi:10.1126/science.aay9220. ISSN 0036-8075. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aay9220. Retrieved 26 June 2026. 

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