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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