Maiopatagium

Maiopatagium
Temporal range: Oxfordian, 161.0–158.5 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:†Haramiyida
Family:†Eleutherodontidae
Genus:†Maiopatagium
Luo et al., 2017
Type species
Maiopatagium furculiferum
Luo et al., 2017

Maiopatagium is an extinct genus of euharamiyids which existed in Asia during the Jurassic period. The type species is Maiopatagium furculiferum, which was described by Zhe-Xi Luo in 2017; it lived in what is now the Liaoning region of China during the late Jurassic (Oxfordian age).[1] Maiopatagium and Vilevolodon, described concurrently, offer clues to the ways various synapsids have taken to the skies over evolutionary time scales.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Zhe-Xi Luo; Qing-Jin Meng; David M. Grossnickle; Di Liu; April I. Neander; Yu-Guang Zhang; Qiang Ji (2017). "New evidence for mammaliaform ear evolution and feeding adaptation in a Jurassic ecosystem". Nature. in press. doi:10.1038/nature23483.
  2. ↑ Rare Fossils Reveal New Species of Ancient Gliding Mammals, National Geographic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/fossils-flying-gliding-mammals/
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