†family Gobiconodontidae Jenkins, Jr. and Schaff 1988 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Marsupialia - Herpetotheriidae

Synonym: Repenomamidae Li et al. 2000

Full reference: F. A. Jenkins, Jr. and C. R. Schaff. 1988. The Early Cretaceous Mammal Gobiconodon (Mammalia, Triconodonta) from the Cloverly Formation in Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(1):1-24

Parent taxon: Eutriconodonta according to T. Martin et al. 2015

See also Butler and Sigogneau-Russel 2016, Cuenca-Bescós and Canudo 2003, Gao et al. 2010, Hu et al. 2005, Jenkins and Schaff 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kusuhashi et al. 2016 and Rougier et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Austrotriconodontidae, Chaoyangodens, Dyskritodon, Hakusanodon, Indotriconodon, Jeholodens, Jeholodentidae, Juchilestes, Klameliidae, Liaoconodon, Sangarotherium, Triconodontidae

Subtaxa: Gobiconodon Hangjinia Huasteconodon Meemannodon Repenomamus Spinolestes

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Type: Gobiconodon

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of China (6), France (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Montana, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (1)

• Jurassic of Mexico (1)

Total: 22 collections including 31 occurrences

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