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Vilevolodon
Temporal range: Oxfordian, 161–160 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Mammaliaformes
Order: Haramiyida
Family: Eleutherodontidae
Genus: Vilevolodon
Luo et al., 2017
Type species
Vilevolodon diplomylos
Luo et al., 2017

Vilevolodon is an extinct genus of euharamiyids which existed in Asia during the Jurassic period. The type species is Vilevolodon diplomyos, which was described by Zhe-Xi Luo and colleagues in 2017; it lived in what is now the Liaoning region of China during the late Jurassic (Oxfordian age).[1].

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.