Archaeotrigon Simpson 1927 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Paurodontidae

Parent taxon: Paurodontidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, McKenna and Bell 1997, Prothero 1981, Simpson 1927 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: Araeodon, Dorsetodon, Drescheratherium, Foxraptor, Paurodon, Tathiodon

Subtaxa: Archaeotrigon brevimaxillus Archaeotrigon distagmus

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Type: Archaeotrigon brevimaxillus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM) (Jurassic of Wyoming)

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