Dobunnodon

Name: Dobunnodon.
Phonetic: Dob-u-no-don.
Named By: E.‭ ‬Panciroli,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Benson,‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Fernandez,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Butler,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Fraser,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬-X.‭ ‬Luo‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Walsh‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.
Synonyms: Borealestes mussetti,‭ ‬Borealestes mussettae.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Docodonta.
Species: D.‭ ‬mussettae‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore‭?‬/Omnivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Forest Marble Formation.
Time period: Bathonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Molar teeth.

       A tooth taxon,‭ ‬Dobunnodon was originally named as a species of Borealestes.‭ ‬Dobunnodon was a docodont cynodontid therapsid that lived in England during the Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes‭ (‬Mammaliformes:‭ ‬Docodonta‭) ‬from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society‭ ‬-‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Panciroli,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Benson,‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Fernandez,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Butler,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Fraser,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬-X.‭ ‬Luo‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Walsh‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.



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