Mesodmops
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Family: | †Neoplagiaulacidae |
| Genus: | †Mesodmops Y. Tong and T. Wang, 1994 |
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M. dawsonae | |
Mesodmopsis agenusof smallmammalfrom theEoceneofChina.It was a late member of the extinct order ofMultituberculata.It's within the suborder ofCimolodontaand familyNeoplagiaulacidae.The genus was named by Y. Tong and T. Wang in 1994.
The primary species isMesodmops dawsonae,also named by Tong and Wang. It has been found in the Lower Eocene of the Wutu Basin in Shandong, China.
References
[edit]Tong & Wang (1994),A new neoplagiaulacid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the lower Eocene of Wutu Basin, Shandong.Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 32, p. 275-284. (Chinese with summary in English.) Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (2001),Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals.Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.
- Most of this information has been derived from[1]MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Ptilodontoidea, an Internet directory.
