†family Morganucodontidae Kuehne 1958 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Full reference: W. G. Kuehne. 1958. Rhaetische Triconodonten aus Glamorgan, ihre Stellung zwischen den Klassen Reptilia und Mammalia nnd ihre Bedeutung für die REICHERT'sche Theorie. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 32:197-235

Parent taxon: Morganucodonta according to P. M. Butler and D. Sigogneau-Russel 2016

See also Carroll 1988, Clemens 1980, Gambaryan and Averianov 2001, Gauthier et al. 1989, Jenkins and Crompton 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Olson 1966, Rowe 1988 and Wible 1991

Sister taxa: Bridetherium, Cherwellia, Cifellilestes, Hallautherium, Megazostrodontidae, Paceyodon, Purbeckodon, Storchodon, Stylidens

Subtaxa: Brachyzostrodon Eozostrodon Gondwanadon Helvetiodon Indotherium Morganucodon Paikasigudodon

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (3 collections), India (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Arizona)

• Triassic of France (2), Greenland (1), India (1), Luxembourg (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 22 collections including 31 occurrences

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