Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Alternative combination: Triconodon ferox

Synonym: Triconodon occisor Owen 1871

Full reference: R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115

Belongs to Trioracodon according to W. A. Clemens 1963

See also Hay 1930, Jenkins and Crompton 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Owen 1871 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: Trioracodon bisulcus, Trioracodon major, Trioracodon oweni

Type specimens:

• Trioracodon ferox: BMNH 47775, a mandible (left mandible). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
• Triconodon occisor: BMNH 47782, a mandible (partial left mandible). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.