Paurodon Marsh 1887 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Paurodontidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1887. American Jurassic mammals. The American Journal of Science, series 3 33(196):327-348

Parent taxon: Paurodontidae according to G. W. Rougier et al. 2011

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, Marsh 1887, McKenna and Bell 1997, Prothero 1981, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1929 and Wang et al. 1998

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

Subtaxa: Paurodon valens

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Type: Paurodon valens

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM) (Jurassic of Wyoming)

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