Juchilestes
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Juchilestes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 123.2 Ma |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Amphidontidae |
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†Juchilestes Gao et al., 2010 |
| Type species | |
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Juchilestes liaoningensis Gao et al., 2010 |
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Juchilestes is an amphidontidmammal genus from the early Cretaceous (early Aptian stage, 123.2 ± 1.0 Ma). It lived in what is now the Beipiao of western Liaoning, eastern China. It is known from the holotype D2607, which consists of three-dimensionally preserved, partial skull with mandibles and some teeth. It was found in 2004 from the Lujiatun Site of the Yixian Formation (Jehol Biota). It was first named by Chun-Ling Gao, Gregory P. Wilson, Zhe-Xi Luo, A. Murat Maga, Qingjin Meng and Xuri Wang in 2010 and the type species is Juchilestes liaoningensis.
Cladogram after Thomas Martin et all 2015
Juchilestes
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