Junggaroperadectes

Name: Junggaroperadectes.
Phonetic: Jung-gar-op-eh-rah-dek-teez.
Named By: Xijun Ni,‭ ‬Jin Meng,‭ ‬Wenyu Wu‭ & ‬Jie Ye‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Theria,‭ ‬Metatheria,‭ ‬Peradectidae,‭ ‬Peradectinae.
Species: J.‭ ‬burqinensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Onnivore/Herbivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Keziletuogayi Formation.
Time period: Oligocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Junggaroperadectes is a genus of peradectid mammal that lived in China during the Oligocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new Early Oligocene peradectine marsupial‭ (‬Mammalia)from the Burqin region of Xinjiang,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Naturwissenschaften‭ ‬94‭ (‬3‭)‬:‭ ‬237‭–‬241.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Xijun Ni,‭ ‬Jin Meng,‭ ‬Wenyu Wu‭ & ‬Jie Ye‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.



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