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Juramaia specimen and conditional Jurassic signal

A partial articulated mammal skeleton links anatomy to a consequential but disputed provenance, age and phylogenetic placement.

Represented range161–159 Ma
RegionsAttributed Tiaojishan Formation, Daxigou, Jianchang, Liaoning, China
CladesJuramaia sinensis · Theria · Eutheria

Claim ledger

topology · contested

BMNH PM1343B preserves a partial articulated skeleton whose original study attributed it to approximately 160-million-year-old Tiaojishan strata and recovered a basal eutherian position; provenance, age use and topology remain conditional, and an unconstrained tip-dating analysis instead estimated an Early Cretaceous morphological age signal.

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References

  1. A Jurassic eutherian mammal and divergence of marsupials and placentalsLuo, Z.-X.; Yuan, C.-X.; Meng, Q.-J.; Ji, Q. · 2011 · DOI 10.1038/nature10291
  2. Tip dating supports novel resolutions of controversial relationships among early mammalsCelik, M.A.; Phillips, M.J. · 2020 · DOI 10.1098/rspb.2020.0943
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