Dorsetodon Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 1998 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Paurodontidae

Full reference: P. C. Ensom and D. Sigogneau-Russell. 1998. New dryolestoid mammals from the basal Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group of southern England. Palaeontology 41:35-55

Parent taxon: Paurodontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 1998

Sister taxa: Araeodon, Archaeotrigon, Drescheratherium, Foxraptor, Paurodon, Tathiodon

Subtaxa: Dorsetodon haysomi

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Type: Dorsetodon haysomi

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Sunnydown Farm Quarry (clay: upper horizon; equivalent to DB 102/103 ) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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