- 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...
-
similar to that of
other early mammaliaforms including Vilevolodon and
Megaconus. When
Arboroharamiya was
included in a
phylogenetic analysis of early...
- rate fur was
already present in
Mammaliaformes such as
Castorocauda and
Megaconus.
Early cynodonts had
numerous small foramina on
their snout bones, similar...
- docodonts,
haramiyidans and eutriconodonts, with
specimens of Castorocauda,
Megaconus and
Spinolestes preserving compound follicles with both
guard hair and...
-
burrowing Pseudotribos, the
oldest known eutherian Juramaia. the rat-like
Megaconus and the
gliding Arboroharamiya. The
plant life of the
Tiaojishan Formation...
-
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...
-
Arboroharamiya (Haramiyida, Mammalia): A
Comparison with
Other Haramiyidans and
Megaconus and
Implications for
Mammalian Evolution". PLOS ONE. 9 (12): e113847....
-
Megaconus...
- 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...
- Subclass: †Allotheria Marsh, 1880
Subgroups †Camptomus †Fractinus †?Cifelliodon †
Megaconus †Kermackodon †Gondwanatheria ?†Haramiyida †Multituberculata...
