Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Sinoconodontidae
Genus: †Sinoconodon
Species: †Sinoconodon rigneyi
Name
Holotype: FMNH CUP 1, a partial skull (anterior part of skull and lower jaws).
Type locality and horizon: Tati, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, China; Upper Red Beds, Lower Lufeng Formation, Early Jurassic (Sinemurian).
Synonyms
- Lufengoconodon changchiawaensis Young, 1982: 23 [synonymized by Luo & Wu (1994: 262)]
- Sinoconodon changchiawaensis: Crompton & Sun, 1985 [subsequent combination]
Holotype: IVPP V7201, V4727, a skull, mandible, and anterior limb.
Type locality and horizon: Zhangjiawa, China; Upper Red Beds, Lower Lufeng Formation. Early Jurassic (Sinemurian).
- Sinoconodon parringtoni Young, 1982 [synonymized by Luo & Wu (1994: 262)]
Holotype: IVPP V7203, V4726, a mandible and skull lacking the occipital region.
Type locality and horizon: Zhangjiawa, China; Upper Red Beds, Lower Lufeng Formation. Early Jurassic (Sinemurian).
- Sinoconodon yangi Zhang & Cui, 1983: 32 [synonymized by Luo & Wu (1994: 262)]
Holotype: IVPP V 6747, a skull and mandible.
Type locality and horizon: South of Dahuangtian Village, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, China; Upper Red Beds, Lower Lufeng Formation; Early Jurassic (Sinemurian).
References
Primary references
- Patterson, B. & Olson, E.C. 1961. A triconodont mammal from the Triassic of Yunnan. pp. 129–191 in Vanderbroek, G. (ed.). International Colloquium on the Evolution of Lower and Non Specialized Mammals. Koninklijke Vlaamse Academir voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten can Belgie. Paleis des Academien: Brussels. Reference page.
- Young, C.C. 1982. [Two primitive mammals from Lufeng, Yunnan] (in Chinese). pp. 21–24 in [Selected Works of Yang Zhungjian]. Science Press: Beijing.
- Zhang, F. & Cui, G. 1983. [New material and new understanding of Sinoconodon] (in Chinese). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(1): 32–41.
- Luo, Z.-X. & Wu, X.-C. 1994. The small tetrapods of the lower Lufeng Formation,Yunnan, China. pp. 251–270 in Fraser, N.C. & Sues, H.-D. (eds.). In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs—Early Mesozoic Tetrapods. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 448 pp.
Additional references
- Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., Cifelli, R.L. & Luo, Z.-X. 2004. Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure. Columbia University Press, New York. 1–630 pp. ISBN 9780231119184 Reference page.