Kuehneotherium praecursoris Kermack et al. 1968 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Kuehneotheriidae

Full reference: D. M. Kermack, K. A. Kermack, and F. Mussett. 1968. The Welsh pantothere Kuehneotherium praecursoris. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 47(312):407-423

Belongs to Kuehneotherium according to D. M. Kermack et al. 1968

See also Cassiliano and Clemens 1979 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxon: Kuehneotherium stanislavi

Type specimen: NHMUK (formerly BMNH) M.19165, a tooth (left upper molar crown). Its type locality is Pontalun Quarry (St. Bride's Island), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fissure fill limestone/marl in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

• Triassic of France (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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