Peraiocynodon Simpson 1928 (dodocont)

Osteichthyes - Docodonta - Docodontidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1928. A Catalogue of the Mesozoic Mammalia in the Geological Department of the British Museum 1-215

Parent taxon: Docodontidae according to D. Sigogneau-Russell 2003

See also Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kron 1979 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: Borealestes, Cyrtlatherium, Delsatia, Docodon, Dsungarodon, Gondtherium, Haldanodon

Subtaxa: Peraiocynodon inexpectatus Peraiocynodon major

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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