[MM] Megazostrodon rudnerae
The Earliest-Known Stem Mammals
DESCRIBER Crompton & Jankins, 1968
TIME Jurassic Early
(\"Liassic\" )
CLASS Mammalia
SUBCLASS Incertae Sedis
ORDER Morganucodonta (Kermack, et al., 1973)
FAMILY Megazostrodontidae (Gow, 1986)
FOSSILSITE Red Beds, Stormberg Group, Lesotho; Upper Eliot Formation, Orange Free State, South Africa
INFO
Typespecies by monotype. Megazostrodon is characterized by an extremely well-developed labial cingulum with more robust cusps than Morganucodontidae