†Wareolestes rex Freeman 1979 (mammaliaform)
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Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Megazostrodontidae
Full reference: E. F. Freeman. 1979. A Middle Jurassic mammal bed from Oxfordshire. Palaeontology 22(1):135-166
Belongs to Wareolestes according to E. Panciroli et al. 2017
See also Butler and Sigogneau-Russel 2016, Freeman 1979 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FM/K 25, a tooth (single right lower molar). Its type locality is Kirtlington 3p (Mammal Bed), which is in a Bathonian mire/swamp marl in the Forest Marble 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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