Chunnelodon alopekodes Ensom and Sigogneau-Russell 1998 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

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

Belongs to Chunnelodon according to P. C. Ensom and D. Sigogneau-Russell 1998

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DORCM GS 378, a tooth (left lower molar). Its type locality is Sunnydown Farm Quarry (clay: upper horizon; equivalent to DB 102/103 ), which is in a Berriasian/Berriasian lacustrine - small limestone/claystone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

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

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