Eutriconodonta

Eutriconodonta; Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous,
	Examples of several eutriconodonts. Clockwise: Repenomamus, Volaticotherium, Jeholodens and Yanoconodon. These occupy vastly different ecological niches: bulky semi-fossorial carnivore, glider, arboreal insectivore and terrestrial carnivore, respectively.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Theriimorpha
Order:	†Eutriconodonta; Kermack et al., 1973
Subgroups
	†Amphidontidae; †Amphilestidae; ?†Dyskritodon; ?†Bocaconodon; †Gobiconodonta; †Jeholodentidae; †Liaoconodon; †Sangarotherium; †Triconodontidae; †Volaticotherini;

Eutriconodonta is an order of early mammals. Eutriconodonts existed in Asia (including pre-contact India), Africa, Europe, North and South America during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods. The order was named by Kermack et al. in 1973 as a replacement name for the paraphyletic Triconodonta.

Traditionally seen as the classical Mesozoic small mammalian insectivores, discoveries over the years have shown them to be among the best examples of the diversity of mammals in this time period, including a vast variety of bodyplans, ecological niches and locomotion methods.

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