Zhangheotheriidae is a possibly
paraphyletic family of "
symmetrodont"
mammals that is currently known from Early Cretaceous deposits in China and Russia. Five genera are currently recognized, ''
Anebodon'', ''
Kiyatherium'', ''
Maotherium'', ''
Origolestes'', and ''
Zhangheotherium
''Zhangheotherium'' is a genus of symmetrodont, an extinct order of mammals. Previously known from only the tall pointed crowned teeth, ''Zhangheotherium'', described from Liaoning Province, China, fossils in 1997, is the first symmetrodont known ...
''.
References
Symmetrodonta
Prehistoric mammal families
Early Cretaceous mammals of Asia
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