Eotriconodon Temporal range: Middle Jurassic ~168–165 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
Family: | †Triconodontidae |
Genus: | †Eotriconodon Butler & Sigogneau-Russell, 2016 |
Species: | †E. sophron |
Binomial name | |
†Eotriconodon sophron Butler & Sigogneau-Russell, 2016 |
Eotriconodon sophron is an extinct mammal from the Bathonian of England. It has been found in the Kirtlington Mammal bed, a site in Oxfordshire that has wielded numerous mammal fossils.
Description
The holotype is a right lower molar, M46736.
Classification
Although originally compared to Triconodontidae, a more recent study has placed it alongside Sangarotherium and Indotriconodon as closely related to Volaticotherini.
References
- ^ Butler, P.; Sigogneau-Russell, D. (2016). "Diversity of triconodonts in the Middle Jurassic of Great Britain". ResearchGate. 67: 35–65. doi:10.4202/pp.2016.67_035 (inactive 1 November 2024).
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - Bajpai, S.; Rautela, A.; Yadav, R.; Wilson Mantilla, G. P. (2024). "The first eutriconodontan mammal from the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 43 (4): e2312234. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2312234.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Eotriconodon | |
Eotriconodon sophron |
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