Trioracodon
Appearance
Trioracodon | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
Family: | †Triconodontidae |
Genus: | †Trioracodon Simpson,1928 |
Species | |
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Trioracodonis an extinct genus ofLate JurassictoEarly Cretaceouseutriconodontmammal found in North America and the British Isles. It was named in 1928[1]
T. bisulcusis known from theMorrison Formation,where it is present in stratigraphic zone 5,[2]and three other species from thePurbeck GroupinDorset.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^G. G. Simpson. 1928. A Catalogue of the Mesozoic Mammalia in the Geological Department of the British Museum 1-215
- ^Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix."Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World.Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
- ^Clemens, W.A., 1963. Late Jurassic mammalian fossils in the Sedgwick Museum, CambridgeArchived2019-11-09 at theWayback Machine.Palaeontology, 6(Part 2), pp.373-377.