| Pseudotribos Temporal range:Middle Jurassic | |
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| Life restoration ofPseudotribos | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Family: | †Shuotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudotribos Luoet al., 2007 |
| Species: | †P. robustus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pseudotribos robustus Luoet al., 2007 | |
Pseudotribos ("false chewing") is anextinctgenus ofmammaliaform that lived inNorthern China during theMiddle Jurassic some165 million years ago, possibly more closely related tomonotremes than totheria (placental andmarsupial mammals),[1] although other studies indicate that theseshuotheres are closer to therians than to monotremes.[2][3] The only known specimen was found in theDaohugou Bed inInner Mongolia (41°18′N119°12′E / 41.3°N 119.2°E /41.3; 119.2: paleocoordinates42°36′N122°24′E / 42.6°N 122.4°E /42.6; 122.4).[4][5]
