Khorotherium

Khorotherium Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Maxilla fragment
Dentary fragment
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Clade:	Mammaliaformes
Order:	†Docodonta
Family:	†Tegotheriidae
Genus:	†Khorotherium Averianov et al., 2018
Species:	†K. yakutensis
Binomial name
†Khorotherium yakutensis Averianov et al., 2018

Khorotherium is a genus of extinct mammaliaforms. The type and only species, Khorotherium yakutensis, is known from the Lower Cretaceous Batylykh Formation in Western Yakutia, Russia. It belongs to the family Tegotheriidae from the order Docodonta, alongside Sibirotherium from the same region, it is amongst the youngest known docodonts.^[1]

Phylogeny

	Sinoconodon Dinnetherium Morganucodon Megazostrodon Woutersia  Docodonta  Itatodon Castorocauda Tashkumyrodon  Docodontidae  Borealestes Docodon Haldanodon Acuodulodon  Simpsonodontidae (new family)  Dsugarodon Simpsonodon  Tegotheriidae  Krusatodon Hutegotherium  Tegotheriinae  Tegotherium Sibirotherium Khorotherium

References

1. A. Averianov, T. Martin, A. Lopatin, P. Skutschas, R. Schellhorn, P. Kolosov, and D. Vitenko. 2018. A high-latitude fauna of mid-Mesozoic mammals from Yakutia, Russia. PLoS ONE 13(7):e0199983:1-17