The first haramiyoid mammal from Asia.
A lower molar of a haramiyoid mammal is described from the Toutunhe Formation of Liuhuanggou near Urumqi in the southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China. It is referred to Eleutherodon sp., otherwise exclusively known from the Upper Bathonian of England. It is the first record of the order Haramiyida from Asia and the first Mesozoic mammal described from the southern Junggar Basin. Apart from the English specimens of Eleutherodon and Staffia from the Upper Jurassic of East Africa, it is the geologically youngest haramiyoid known. It is the first vertebrate taxon from the Toutunhe Formation that is probably not endemic and lends some support to the dating of the Formation as late Middle Jurassic, probably Bathonian.
Maisch
Michael W
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Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie, Sigwartstr. 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. maisch@uni-tuebingen.de
Matzke
Andreas T
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Grossmann
Franziska
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Stöhr
Henrik
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Pfretzschner
Hans-Ulrich
HU
Sun
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D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D003817:Dentition; D005580:Fossils; D008322:Mammals / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008963:Molar / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010161:Paleodontology