Biology:Tegotherium

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Tegotherium
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Mammaliaformes
Order: Docodonta
Family: Tegotheriidae
Genus: Tegotherium
Tatarinov, 1994
Species:
T. gubini
Binomial name
Tegotherium gubini
Tatarinov, 1994

Tegotherium is an extinct mammal from the Late Jurassic of East Asia. The type species T. gubini is known from the Shar Teeg Beds of Mongolia[1] and an indeterminate species is also known from the Late Jurassic Qigu Formation of China .[2] It belongs to the clade Docodonta.[3]

References

  1. L. P. Tatarinov (1994). "On an unusual mammalian tooth from the Mongolian Jurassic". Journal of the Geological Society of London 128: 119–125. 
  2. Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov and Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner (2010). "Mammals from the Late Jurassic Qigu Formation in the Southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China". Paleobiodiversity, Palaeoenvironments 90 (3): 295–319. doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0030-4. 
  3. Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, R. L. Cifelli and Z. Luo. (2004). "Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: origins evolution and structure". Columbia University Press. 

Wikidata ☰ Q12902272 entry