Eutriconodonta
Sign in to saveEutriconodonta is an order of early mammals. Eutriconodonts existed in Asia (including pre-contact India), Africa, Europe, North and South America during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods. The order was named by Kermack et al. in 1973 as a replacement name for the paraphyletic Triconodonta.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- mammal
- Image
- RepenomamusuZICA.png
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- taxon rank
- order
- taxon name
- Eutriconodonta
- topic's main category
- Category:Eutriconodonta
- Commons category
- Theriimorpha
- start time
- 190000000-
- end time
- 70000000-0
- different from
- Triconodonta
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Classification
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- Biology
- Anatomy
- Soft tissues
- Paleobiology
- Reproductive biology
- Notes
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Eutriconodonta is an order of early mammals. Eutriconodonts existed in Asia (including pre-contact India), Africa, Europe, North and South America during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods. The order was named by Kermack et al. in 1973 as a replacement name for the paraphyletic Triconodonta.
Traditionally seen as the classical Mesozoic small mammalian insectivores, discoveries over the years have shown them to be among the best examples of the diversity of mammals in this time period, including a vast variety of bodyplans, ecological niches and locomotion methods.
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