''Pseudotribos'' ("false chewing") is an
extinct genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
mammaliaform that lived in
Northern China during the
Middle Jurassic some , possibly more closely related to
monotremes than to
theria (
placental and
marsupial mammals),
although other studies indicate that these
shuotheres are closer to therians than to monotremes. The only known specimen was found in the
Daohugou Bed in
Inner Mongolia (: paleocoordinates ).
[. Retrieved May 2013.]
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''Pseudotribos robustus'', ancient Jurassic mammal with new type of teeth
Shuotheriidae
Middle Jurassic synapsids of Asia
Fossil taxa described in 2007
Taxa named by Zhe-Xi Luo
Taxa named by Qiang Ji (paleontologist)
Taxa named by Chong-Xi Yuan
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