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Because morganucodontans possessed the
mammalian dentary-squamosal jaw joint,
systematists like G. G.
Simpson (1959)
considered the
morganucodontans to be...
- to
study in the
fossil record.
Evidence of
lactation is
present in
morganucodontans, via
tooth replacement patterns.
Combined with the more
basal tritylodontids...
- Sigogneau-Russell and P. C.
Ensom (2011). "Possible
persistence of the
morganucodontans in the
Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group (Dorset, England)"...
- type
species is
Paceyodon davidi.
William A.
Clemens (2011). "New
morganucodontans from an
Early Jur****ic
fissure filling in
Wales (United Kingdom)"....
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Morganucodon show
intermediary steps of
middle ear evolution. A new
morganucodontan-like species,
Dianoconodon youngi,
shows parts of the
mandible (= dentary)...
-
fossils as
confirming the
morganucodontan affinities of S. cingulatus, as well as
confirming it as one of the
largest morganucodontans.
Averianov &
Voyta (2024)...
- the
Saint Bathans mammal as a theriiform,
being more
derived than
morganucodontans,
eutriconodonts and
monotremes but not as much as multituberculates...
- tritylodontids,
generally ****umed to be more basal, show
evidence of suckling.
Morganucodontans, also ****umed to be
basal Mammaliaformes, also show
evidence of lactation...
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based on a
fragmentary specimen.
Paceyodon davidi was the
largest of
morganucodontans,
cynodonts close to mammals. It is
known by a
right lower molariform...
-
paleontologist Doris Mary Kermack.
William A.
Clemens (2011). "New
morganucodontans from an
Early Jur****ic
fissure filling in
Wales (United Kingdom)"....
