Paritatodon
| † Paritatodon Temporal range: Bathonian–Callovian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | † Shuotheriidae |
| Genus: | † Paritatodon Martin & Averianov, 2010 |
Paritatodon is an extinct mammal which existed in Kyrgyzstan and England during the Jurassic period.[1] It was originally the holotype specimen of Shuotherium kermacki, but Martin and Averianov (2010)[1] argued that it resembled the genus Itatodon (Docodonta) and so renamed it Paritatodon.
Nonetheless, recent phylogenetic studies assign it (and Itatodon) to Shuotheriidae.[2]
Like many Mesozoic mammals, this species is only known from its teeth, in this case two lower molars from the Forest Marble Formation in England,[3] and a single left lower molar from the Fergana Depression, Kygyzstan.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Thomas Martin & Alexander O. Averianov (2010). "Mammals from the Middle Jurassic Balbanasi Formation of the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 855–871. doi:10.1080/02724631003758045.
- ↑ Wang, Y.-Q. and Li, C.-K. 2016. Reconsideration of the systematic position of the Middle Jurassic mammaliaforms Itatodon and Paritatodon. Palaeontologia Polonica 67, 249–256.
- ↑ Denise Sigogneau-Russell (1998). "Discovery of a Late Jurassic Chinese mammal in the Upper Bathonian of England". Comtes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. 327: 571–576. doi:10.1016/S1251805099800408.
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