Gobiconodon luoianus Yuan et al. 2009 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae

Full reference: C. Yuan, L. Xu, X. Zhang, Y. Xi, Y. Wu and Q. Ji. 2009. A new species of Gobiconodon (Mammalia) from western Liaoning, China and its implication for the dental formula of Gobiconodon. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(2):207-211

Belongs to Gobiconodon according to C. Yuan et al. 2009

See also Kusuhashi et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Gobiconodon bathoniensis, Gobiconodon borissiaki, Gobiconodon haizhouensis, Gobiconodon hoburensis, Gobiconodon hopsoni, Gobiconodon ostromi, Gobiconodon palaios, Gobiconodon tomidai, Gobiconodon zofiae

Type specimen: 41H III-0320, a skull. Its type locality is Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (other), which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (other)

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