The family Jeholodentidae is a possible

eutriconodont Eutriconodonta is an order of early mammals. Eutriconodonts existed in Asia, 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 p ...

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''. However, recent studies have shown it to be paraphyletic in relation to

Triconodontidae Triconodontidae is an extinct family of small, carnivorous mammals belonging to the order Eutriconodonta, endemic to what would become Asia, Europe, North America and probably also Africa and South America during the Jurassic through Cretaceous p ...

, with '' Yanoconodon'' being closer to them than to '' Jeholodens''.

Taxonomy

* Family †Jeholodentidae Luo et al. 2007Mikko's Phylogeny Archiv

Paleofile.com (net, info) . ** Genus †'' Yanoconodon'' Luo, Chen, Li & Chen 2007 *** Species †'' Yanoconodon allini'' Luo, Chen, Li & Chen 2007 ** Genus †'' Jeholodens'' Ji, Luo & Ji 1999 *** Species †'' Jeholodens jenkinsi'' Ji, Luo & Ji 1999

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Eutriconodonts Prehistoric mammal families Early Cretaceous first appearances Early Cretaceous extinctions Taxa named by Zhe-Xi Luo Taxa named by Peiji Chen Taxa named by Gang Li Taxa named by Meng Chen (paleontologist) {{cretaceous-mammal-stub