Shuotherium
| Shuotherium Temporal range: Middle-Late Jurassic
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Shuotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Shuotherium Chow & Rich 1982 |
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Shuotherium is a fossil relative of the monotremes known from Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) layers of the Forest Marble Formation, England, and from Middle-Late Jurassic layers of the Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan, China.[1]
The original holotype is composed of a partial dentary and seven teeth (two which are incomplete). The holotypes for other species of this genus are solely represented by isolated molars. Shuotherium, along with Pseudotribos has been placed in the family Shuotheriidae as a sister taxon of the Australosphenida (see, Yinotheria).[1]
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Description
In it lower molars, the talonid is situated in front of the trigonid, such a unique dental form is distinct from the typical tribosphenic pattern. In this "pseudotribosphenic" trait, the mesial cingulid is expanded to form a pseudotalonid, and its distal talonid is underdeveloped. It shares with Australosphenida a thin, slender dentary but differs from the non-monotreme Ausktribosphenida by having more developed postdentary trough. Its dental formula has been reconstructed as: <p4, m3.[1][2]
Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo 2002 had this to say regarding the fossil:[2]
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In our view, the most compelling evidence as to the affinities of Shuotherium lies in the structure of the last premolar, which shares striking similarities to that of Australosphenida
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Lower molar structure of Shuotherium and Australosphenida is obviously quite different, and for this reason we do not place Shuotherium within this Gondwanan clade. Based on the limited evidence available, however, we suggest that Shuotherium is a viable sister-taxon to Australosphenida.
Species
Shuotherium dongi
Shuotherium kermacki
Shuotherium shilongi
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo 2004, pp. 214-215, 529
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dykes: Shuoterium
References
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