Tinodon
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| Genus: | Tinodon Marsh, 1879
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Tinodon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation. Present in stratigraphic zone 5.[1] It is of uncertain affinities, being most recently recovered as closer to therians than eutriconodonts but less so than allotherians.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
- ^ S. Bi, Y. Wang, J. Guan, Z. Sheng, and J. Meng. 2014. Three new Jurassic euharamiyidan species reinforce early divergence of mammals. Nature 514:579-584 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
- Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.
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