《A new eutriconodont mammal from the early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Liaoning, China》.pdfVIP

Chin．Sci．Bul1．f2014159(5—6)：546—553 csb．scichina．com D0Il0．1007／sl1434—0l3-0088—2 www ．springer．com／scp A new eutric0n0d0ntmammalfrom theearlyCretaceousJehol BiotaofLiaoning，China ShilinHou’JinM eng Received：18November2013／Accepted：20December2013／Publishedonline：15January2014 ⑥ ScienceChinaPressandSpringer—VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2014 Abstract A new genus and species of eutricOnOdOnt Keywords EutricOnOdonta ·Mammalia ·Jehol mammal，Chaoyangodens liigen．etsp．nov．，from the Biota ·EarlyCretaceous·Liaoning ·China DawangzhangzibedofYixianFormation，Lingyuan，Lia— oning．isreported．Thenew specieshasatoothfclrmulaI5一 C1一P1一M 3／i4一cl—Pl—m4．unique among eutricon0dontsin 1Introduction having only onepremolarinlowerandupperjaws， respectively，andadistinctivediastemabetweenthecanine TheearlyCretaceousisacriticalperiodoftimeinmam— andthepremolar．Itssimpleincisorsandreducedpremolars malian evolution，during which diverse groupsofnon— show amosaiccombinationofprimitiveandderivedfea— tribosphenic，such as Eutriconodonta，and basaltribo— tures．Thisnew taxonaddstothediversegroupofJeho1 sphenic mammals were common in severalcontinents， eutricOnodonts．Amongtheknown speciesrfom atleast including Asia，Europe，North America，Australia，and threehorizons，thereseemsnoevolutionarytrendinmot— SouthAmerica 『1—51．Eutriconodontshadoncebeencon— phologythatisrecognizable，exceptforthatlargerspecies sidered aspartoftheparaphyleticgroup Triconodonta， areallfromtheLujiatunbedoftheYixianFm．Athorough whichincludesomeLateTriassicandEarlyJurassicforms and systematic analysis involving all the Jehol eu— suchasSinoconodonandMorganucodon，butmorerecent triconodontsisneeded to understand theirphylogenetic worksregarded eutriconodontsasanaturalgroup nested relationships．