Jeholodentidae
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The family Jeholodentidae is a Triconodont
family that was present in China
around 125 million years ago during the time of the dinosaurs. There are currently two genera assigned to the family, Yanoconodon
and Jeholodens
.
Triconodonta
Triconodonta is the generic name for a group of early mammals which were close relatives of the ancestors of all present-day mammals. Triconodonts lived between the Triassic and the Cretaceous. They are one of the groups that can be classified as mammals by any definition...
family that was present in China
China
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around 125 million years ago during the time of the dinosaurs. There are currently two genera assigned to the family, Yanoconodon
Yanoconodon
Yanoconodon is a monotypic genus of extinct early mammal whose representative species Yanoconodon allini lived 125 million years ago during the Mesozoic in what is now China. It is considered to be a transitional fossil due to the formation of its middle ear, which is a cross between those of...
and Jeholodens
Jeholodens
Jeholodens was a primitive mammal belonging to the Triconodonta family, and which lived in present-day China during the Middle Cretaceous about 125 million years ago....
.