Paritatodon
| † Paritatodon Temporal range: Bathonian–Callovian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Docodonta |
| Family: | † Tegotheriidae |
| Genus: | † Paritatodon Martin & Averianov, 2010 |
Paritatodon is an extinct mammal which existed in Kyrgyzstan and England during the Jurassic period.[1] It was originally the holotype specimen of Shuotherium kermacki, but Martin and Averianov (2010)[1] argued that it resembled the species Itatodon (Docodonta) and so renamed it Paritatodon.
Like many Mesozoic mammals, this species is only known from its teeth, in this case two lower molars from the Forest Marble Formation in England,[2] and a single left lower molar from the Fergana Depression, Kygyzstan.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Thomas Martin & Alexander O. Averianov (2010). "Mammals from the Middle Jurassic Balbanasi Formation of the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (3): 855–871. doi:10.1080/02724631003758045.
- ↑ Denise Sigogneau-Russell (1998). "Discovery of a Late Jurassic Chinese mammal in the Upper Bathonian of England". Comtes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences 327: 571–576. doi:10.1016/S1251805099800408.
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