Osteichthyes - Docodonta - Docodontidae
Full reference: M. Waldman and R. J. G. Savage. 1972. The first Jurassic mammal from Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society 128:119-125
Belongs to Borealestes according to D. Sigogneau-Russell 2003
See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kron 1979 and Walker 1969
Sister taxon: Borealestes mussetti
Type specimen: BRSUG 20570, a mandible (Left mandible with two premolars and part of a third, four molars fully erupted, one unerupted and alveolus of a sixth). Its type locality is UB 7111, Cladach a'Ghlinne, which is in a Bathonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal marl in the Kilmaluag Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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