Tribotherium africanum Sigogneau-Russell 1991 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: D. Sigogneau-Russell. 1991. Decouverte du premier mammifere tribosphenique du Mesozoique africain. Comptes-rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris, serie II 313:1635-1640

Belongs to Tribotherium according to D. Sigogneau-Russell 1991

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Sigogneau-Russell 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN SA 39, a tooth (right upper molar lacking the antero-labial corner). Its type locality is Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian deltaic sandstone in the Ksar Metlili Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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