Dorsetodon

Dorsetodon haysomi
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Berriasian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Paurodontidae
Genus: Dorsetodon
Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell, 1998
Species
  • D. haysomi Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell, 1998 (type)

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

See also

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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