- China. The type and only species,
Megaconus mammaliaformis was
first described in the
journal Nature in 2013.
Megaconus is
thought to have been a herbivore...
- rate fur was
already present in
Mammaliaformes such as
Castorocauda and
Megaconus.
Early cynodonts had
numerous small foramina on
their snout bones, similar...
-
earliest clear evidence of hair or fur is in
fossils of
Castorocauda and
Megaconus, from 164 million
years ago in the mid-Jur****ic. In the 1950s, it was...
- docodonts,
haramiyidans and eutriconodonts, with
specimens of Castorocauda,
Megaconus and
Spinolestes preserving compound follicles with both
guard hair and...
-
Megaconus...
-
burrowing Pseudotribos, the
oldest known eutherian Juramaia. the rat-like
Megaconus and the
gliding Arboroharamiya. The
plant life of the
Tiaojishan Formation...
- Subclass: †Allotheria Marsh, 1880
Subgroups †Camptomus †Fractinus †?Cifelliodon †
Megaconus †Kermackodon †Gondwanatheria ?†Haramiyida †Multituberculata...
-
Arboroharamiya Baidabatyr?
Butlerodon Cryoharamiya Kermackodon?
Maiopatagium Megaconus?
Qishou Sharypovoia Shenshou Sineleutherus Vilevolodon Woodeatonia Xianshou...
- 2013
alongside a
description of the
closely related haramiyidan Megaconus.
Unlike Megaconus,
which is
thought to have been ground-dwelling, Arboroharamiya...
- fur is in
fossils of
Castorocauda and
Megaconus, from 164M
years ago in the mid-Jur****ic. As both
mammals Megaconus and
Castorocauda have a
double coat...
