Dorsetodon

Extinct family of mammals

Dorsetodon
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Berriasian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Paurodontidae
Genus: Dorsetodon
Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell, 1998
Species:
D. haysomi
Binomial name
Dorsetodon haysomi
Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell, 1998

Dorsetodon is an extinct genus of mammal from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Purbeck Group of Britain. It is represented by isolated lower molars.[1]

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References

  1. ^ P. C. Ensom and D. Sigogneau-Russell, 1998. New dryolestoid mammals from the basal Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group of southern England. Palaeontology 41:35-55.
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