Trioracodon major Owen 1871 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Marsupialia - Herpetotheriidae

Alternative combination: Triconodon major

Full reference: R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115

Belongs to Trioracodon according to F. A. Jenkins and A. W. Crompton 1979

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Owen 1871 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: Trioracodon bisulcus, Trioracodon ferox, Trioracodon oweni

Type specimen: BMNH 40722, a mandible (right mandible). Its type locality is Feather Quarry, Durlston Bay (DB102), which is in a Berriasian marine shale in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Feather Quarry, Durlston Bay (DB102)

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