Meiconodon
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Meiconodon is an extinct genus
of alticonodontine triconodontid
which existed in China
during the early Cretaceous period (Aptian
/Albian
age). It was described by Nao Kusuhashi, Yaoming Hu, Yuanqing Wang, Satoshi Hirasawa and Hiroshige Matsuoka in 2009
and the type species
is Meiconodon lii.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of alticonodontine triconodontid
Triconodontidae
Triconodontidae is an extinct family of actively mobile mammal, endemic to what would be North America, Europe, and Africa during the Jurassic through Cretaceous periods from 155.7—70.6 mya, existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:...
which existed in China
China
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during the early Cretaceous period (Aptian
Aptian
The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch or series and encompasses the time from 125.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 112.0 ± 1.0 Ma , approximately...
/Albian
Albian
The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous epoch/series. Its approximate time range is 112.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 99.6 ± 0.9 Ma...
age). It was described by Nao Kusuhashi, Yaoming Hu, Yuanqing Wang, Satoshi Hirasawa and Hiroshige Matsuoka in 2009
2009 in paleontology
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and the type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
is Meiconodon lii.