Biology:Purbeckodon
From HandWiki
Revision as of 15:32, 6 October 2021 by imported>MedAI (change)
Short description: Extinct genus of mammaliaforms
| Purbeckodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Morganucodonta/? |
| Genus: | †Purbeckodon Butler, Sigogneau-Russell & Ensom, 2011 |
| Species: | †P. batei
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Purbeckodon batei Butler, Sigogneau-Russell & Ensom, 2011
| |
Purbeckodon is an extinct genus of mammaliaforms, possibly belonging to Morganucodonta, that is known from Early Cretaceous deposits of southeastern Dorset, England. It was collected in the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset. It was first named by Percy M. Butler, Denise 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: 135–145. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.007.
Wikidata ☰ Q7260891 entry
 |  |
