Pseudotribos

Pseudotribos Fossil range: Middle Jurassic
Life restoration of Pseudotribos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia (unranked): Yinotheria Order: Shuotheridia Family: Shuotheriidae Genus: Pseudotribos Luo et al., 2007
Species
P. robustus Luo et al., 2007 (type)

Pseudotribos ("false chewing")is an extinct genus of mammal from the Middle Jurassic some 165 million years ago of China.^[1]

Sources

1. ^ Zhe-Xi Luo, Qiang Ji, and Chong-Xi Yuan (2007). "Convergent dental adaptations in pseudo-tribosphenic and tribosphenic mammals" (pdf). Nature 450: 93–97. doi:10.1038/nature06221. http://www.carnegiemnh.org/vp/media/Luo%20et%20al%202007%20new%20Jurassic%20shuotheriid%20Pseudotribos%5B8%5D.pdf. 

External links

• Pseudotribos robustus, ancient Jurassic mammal with new type of teeth

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