Brachyzostrodon maior Hahn et al. 1991 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Full reference: G. Hahn, D. Signogneau-Russell, and P. Godefroit. 1991. New data on Brachyzostrodon (Mammalia; Upper Triassic). Geologica et Palaeontologica 25:237-249

Belongs to Brachyzostrodon according to G. Hahn et al. 1991

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxon: Brachyzostrodon coupatezi

Type specimen: RAS 1020W, a tooth (right lower molar). Its type locality is Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, which is in a Rhaetian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Grès à Avicula contorta Formation of France.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Saint-Nicolas-de-Port

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