Aegialodon Kermack et al. 1965 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: K. A. Kermack, P. M. Lees, and F. Mussett. 1965. Aegialodon dawsoni, a new trituberculosectorial tooth from the Lower Wealden. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B (Biological Sciences) 162(989):535-554

Parent taxon: Boreosphenida according to T. Martin and O. W. M. Rauhut 2005

See also Clemens and Lees 1971, Kermack 1967, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Luo et al. 2003 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Argaliatherium, Brasilestes, Carinalestes, Culicolestes, Idiogenomys, Kermackiidae, Kielantherium, Potamotelses, Tribotherium, Theria, Picopsidae, Paleomolops, Hypomylos, Zygiocuspis, Potamotelsidae

Subtaxa: Aegialodon dawsoni

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Type: Aegialodon dawsoni

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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