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Trioracodon

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Trioracodon
Temporal range:Tithonian-Berriasian
~146–140Ma
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eutriconodonta
Family: Triconodontidae
Genus: Trioracodon
Simpson,1928
Species
  • T. bisulcus
  • T. ferox(=Triconodon feroxOwen 1871, the type)
  • T. major
  • T. oweni

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]

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References

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  1. ^G. G. Simpson. 1928. A Catalogue of the Mesozoic Mammalia in the Geological Department of the British Museum 1-215
  2. ^Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix."Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World.Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
  3. ^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.