Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Genus: Juramaia
Species: J. sinensis
Name
Juramaia Luo et al., 2011
References
Zhe-Xi Luo, Chong-Xi Yuan, Qing-Jin Meng and Qiang Ji, "A Jurassic eutherian mammal and divergence of marsupials and placentals" Nature, v. 476 25 August 2011 pp 442–445 [1] DOI: 10.1038/nature10291 Electronic supplementary material
Juramaia is an extinct genus of a therian mammal, possibly a very basal eutherian mammal, known from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian stage) or Early Cretaceous deposits of western Liaoning, China.[1] It is a small shrew-like mammal weighing around 15–17 grams (0.53–0.60 oz).[2]
Discovery
Life restoration
Juramaia is known from the holotype BMNH PM1343, an articulated and nearly complete skeleton including incomplete skull preserved with full dentition.[2] It was collected in the Daxigou site, Jianchang, from the Tiaojishan Formation dated at about 160 million years ago.[3] It was first named by Zhe-Xi Luo, Chong-Xi Yuan, Qing-Jin Meng and Qiang Ji in 2011 and the type species is Juramaia sinensis.[2]
Classification
The discovery of Juramaia provides new insight into the evolution of placental mammals by showing that their lineage diverged from that of the marsupials 35 million years earlier than previously thought.[2] Furthermore, its discovery fills gaps in the fossil record and helps to calibrate modern, DNA-based methods of dating the evolution.[4][5] Based on climbing adaptations found in the forelimb bones, it has been suggested that the basal stock of Eutheria was arboreal,[2] in a manner resembling that of modern rats.[6]
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However, Sweetman et al. (2017) considered Juramaia as a stem therian instead,[7] and the Late Jurassic dating has been questioned, with King and Beck (2020) suggesting that Juramaia may originate from Early Cretaceous based on tip-dating analyses, which would make it contemporaneous to several other known eutherians.[1]
See also
Eomaia
References
King, Benedict; Beck, Robin M. D. (2020-06-10). "Tip dating supports novel resolutions of controversial relationships among early mammals". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287 (1928): 20200943. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.0943. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 7341916. PMID 32517606.
Zhe-Xi Luo; Chong-Xi Yuan; Qing-Jin Meng; Qiang Ji (25 August 2011). "A Jurassic eutherian mammal and divergence of marsupials and placentals" (PDF). Nature. 476 (7361): 442–445. Bibcode:2011Natur.476..442L. doi:10.1038/nature10291. PMID 21866158. S2CID 205225806. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2013. Electronic supplementary material
Chu, Z.; He, H.; Ramezani, J.; Bowring, S.A.; Hu, D.; Zhang, L.; Zheng, S.; Wang, X.; Zhou, Z.; Deng, C.; Guo, J. (2016). "High-precision U-Pb geochronology of the Jurassic Yanliao Biota from Jianchang (western Liaoning Province, China): Age constraints on the rise of feathered dinosaurs and eutherian mammals". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 17 (10): 3983–3992. Bibcode:2016GGG....17.3983C. doi:10.1002/2016GC006529.
"Fossil redefines mammal history" BBC News
Discovery of a 160-million-year-old fossil represents a new milestone in early mammal evolution
Bonnan MF, Shulman J, Varadharajan R, Gilbert C, Wilkes M, Horner A, et al. (2 March 2016). "Forelimb Kinematics of Rats Using XROMM, with Implications for Small Eutherians and Their Fossil Relatives". PLOS ONE. 11 (3): e0149377. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1149377B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149377. PMC 4775064. PMID 26933950.
Sweetman, S.C.; Smith, G.; Martill, D.M. (2017). "Highly derived eutherian mammals from the earliest Cretaceous of southern Britain". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 62 (4): 657–665. doi:10.4202/app.00408.2017.
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