†Spalacotherium hookeri Gill 2004 (mammal)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Full reference: P. Gill. 2004. A new symmetrodont from the Early Cretaceous of England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):748-752
Belongs to Spalacotherium according to P. Gill 2004
Sister taxa: Spalacotherium evansae, Spalacotherium henkeli, Spalacotherium taylori, Spalacotherium tricuspidens, Spalacotherium tricuspis
Type specimen: BMNH 44970, a mandible (partial left dentary with distal five molars). Its type locality is Durlston Bay (DB96), which is in a Berriasian terrestrial shale in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay (DB96)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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