Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Synonyms: Triacanthodon serrula Owen 1871, Triconodon minor Owen 1871

Full reference: R. Owen. 1859. Palaeontology. The Encyclopaedia Brittanica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature (8th Edition) 17:91-176

Belongs to Triconodon according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Jenkins and Crompton 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Owen 1859, Owen 1871 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Triconodon mordax: BMNH 47764, 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.
• Triacanthodon serrula: BMNH 47763, 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 minor: BMNH 47771, a mandible (partial right 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.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

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

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