Purbeckodon
Appearance
Purbeckodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
Order: | †Morganucodonta (?) |
Genus: | †Purbeckodon Butler, Sigogneau-Russell & Ensom, 2011 |
Species: | †P. batei
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Binomial name | |
†Purbeckodon batei Butler, Sigogneau-Russell & Ensom, 2011
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Purbeckodon is an extinct genus of morganucodontan from Early Cretaceous deposits of southeastern Dorset, England. It was collected in the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset. It was first named by P. M. Butler, D. Sigogneau-Russell and P. C. Ensom in 2011 and the type species is Purbeckodon batei.[1]
References
- ^ P. M. Butler, D. Sigogneau-Russell and P. C. Ensom (2011). "Possible persistence of the morganucodontans in the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group (Dorset, England)". Cretaceous Research. 33: 135. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.007.