Juramaia

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Juramaia is an early mammal from the Late Jurassic period that represents one of the oldest known members of the eutherian (placental mammal) lineage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Juramaia canonical 2
Juramaia sinensis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early mammal
eutherian mammal
extinct genus
fossil taxon
species
bodySize small
clade Eutheria
Theria
class Mammalia
coexistedWith early feathered dinosaurs
other small Jurassic mammals
countryOfFossilDiscovery China
describedAs stem eutherian
diet insectivorous
distinguishedFrom metatherians
monotremes
earliestKnownEutherian true
ecologicalNiche small arboreal or scansorial insectivore
formation Tiaojishan Formation
fossilAgeApproximation about 160 million years ago
fossilPreservation partial skeleton with skull
fossilRecordStatus known from a single well-preserved specimen
fossilSite Liaoning
surface form: Liaoning Province, China
geologicalStage Oxfordian
hasCharacteristic advanced dental features typical of eutherians
forelimb adaptations suggesting climbing ability
helpsCalibrate molecular clock for placental mammal evolution
importanceInPaleontology provides evidence that eutherian-metatherian split occurred by the Late Jurassic
kingdom Animalia
locomotion scansorial
notableFor being one of the oldest known members of the eutherian lineage
paleoenvironment forested ecosystem
parentTaxon Juramaia self-linksurface differs
phylum Chordata
reproductiveMode placental-lineage mammal
shows early diversification of mammalian lineages in the Jurassic
significanceInEvolution clarifies early divergence of eutherians from other therians
taxonRank genus
temporalRange Jurassic Period
surface form: Jurassic period

Late Jurassic
typeSpecies Juramaia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Juramaia sinensis

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eutheria earliestFossils Juramaia
Juramaia typeSpecies Juramaia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Juramaia sinensis
Juramaia parentTaxon Juramaia self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Juramaia sinensis