Dinnetherium nezorum Jenkins, Jr. et al. 1983 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Megazostrodontidae

Full reference: F. A. Jenkins, Jr., A. W. Crompton, and W. R. Downs. 1983. Mesozoic mammals from Arizona: new evidence on mammalian evolution. Science 222:1233-1235

Belongs to Dinnetherium according to F. A. Jenkins et al. 1983

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNA V3221, a mandible (partial right mandible with m2-5). Its type locality is Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609), which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian floodplain claystone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609)

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