Haramiyavia

Name: Haramiyavia
Phonetic: Ha-ram-e-yah-ve-ah.
Named By: X
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Haramiyida,‭ ‬Haramiyaviidae.
Species: H.‭ ‬clemmenseni‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: Reconstructed skull length about‭ ‬4‭ ‬centimetres long,‭ ‬total body length unknown.
Known locations: Greenland‭ ‬-‭ ‬Fleming Fjord Formation.
Time period: Norian/Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial mandible‭ (‬lower jaw‭) ‬and upper jaw fragments.

       A type of proto mammal,‭ ‬Haramiyavia is currently the best known genus of the Haramiyida.‭ ‬Even so,‭ ‬Haramiyavia is still only known from partial jaw remains.‭

Further reading
-‭ ‬Haramiyids and Triassic mammalian evolution.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Nature‭ ‬385:715-718.‭ ‬-‭ ‬F.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Jenkins,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Gatesy,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Shubin‭ & ‬W.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Amaral‭ ‬-‭ ‬1997.
- Mandibular and dental characteristics of Late Triassic mammaliaform Haramiyavia and their ramifications for basal mammal evolution. - PNAS. 112: E7101-9. - Zhe-Xi Luo, Stephen M. Gatesy, Farish A. Jenkins Jr., William W. Amaral & Neil H. Shubin - 2015.

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