Durlstodon ensomi Sweetman et al. 2017 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: S. C. Sweetman, G. Smith, and D. M. Martill. 2017. Highly derived eutherian mammals from the earliest Cretaceous of southern Britain. Acata Paleontologica Polonica 62(4):657-665

Belongs to Durlstodon according to S. C. Sweetman et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK PV M 99992, a tooth. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)

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