Araeodon Simpson 1937 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Paurodontidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1937. A new Jurassic mammal. American Museum Novitates 943:1-6

Parent taxon: Paurodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Engelmann and Callison 1998, Kraus 1979, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Prothero 1981

Sister taxa: Archaeotrigon, Dorsetodon, Drescheratherium, Foxraptor, Paurodon, Tathiodon

Subtaxa: Araeodon intermissus

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Type: Araeodon intermissus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at DNM 375, Dinosaur National Monument (Jurassic of Utah)

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