Meiconodon Explained

Meiconodon is an extinct genus of alticonodontine triconodontid which existed in China during the early Cretaceous period (Aptian/Albian age).^[1] It was described by Nao Kusuhashi, Yaoming Hu, Yuanqing Wang, Satoshi Hirasawa and Hiroshige Matsuoka in 2009 and the type species is Meiconodon lii.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Nao Kusuhashi . Yaoming Hu . Yuanqing Wang . Satoshi Hirasawa . Hiroshige Matsuoka . 2009 . New triconodontids (Mammalia) from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin formations, northeastern China . Geobios . 42 . 6 . 765–781 . 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.06.003 . 2009Geobi..42..765K .