Palaeoxonodon Freeman 1976 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: E. P. Freeman. 1976. Mammal teeth from the Forest Marble (Middle Jurassic) of Oxfordshire, England. Science 194(4269):1053-1055

Parent taxon: Zatheria according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Freeman 1976, Kraus 1979, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Prothero 1981

Sister taxa: Abelodon, Arguimus, Chunnelodon, Magnimus, Minimus, Mozomuridae, Nanolestes, Peramura, Prototheria, Tribosphenida

Subtaxa: Palaeoxonodon ooliticus

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Type: Palaeoxonodon ooliticus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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