Sibirotherium
Extinct genus of mammaliaform
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Sibirotherium is an extinct genus of docodont mammaliaform. It is known from only a single named species, Sibirotherium rossicum, known from jaw fragments and teeth found in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) aged Ilek Formation in western Siberia, alongside Khorotherium also from Siberia, it is one of the youngest docodonts.[1][2]
| Sibirotherium Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Order: | †Docodonta |
| Genus: | †Sibirotherium Maschenko, Lopatin & Voronkevich 2002 |
| Species: | †S. rossicum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sibirotherium rossicum Maschenko, Lopatin & Voronkevich 2002 | |
