Purbeckodon
Name:
Purbeckodon
.
Phonetic: Pur-beck-o-don.
Named By: P. M. Butler, D.
Sigogneau-Russell & P. C. Ensom - 2012.
Classification: Chordata, Therapsida,
Cynodontia, Mammaliaformes, Morganucodonta.
Species: P. batei (type).
Diet: Inesctivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: England, Dorset.
Time period: Berriasian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Remains of at least one
individual.
Purbeckodon is a genus of mammaliaform that lived in the early Cretaceous. Mammaliformes like Purbeckodon were mammal-like but were not quite true mammals. Regardless, Purbeckodon would have still resembled a small rodent in terms of physical appearance.
Further reading
- Possible persistence of the morganucodontans in the Lower
Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group (Dorset, England). -
Cretaceous Research 33:135-145 - P. M. Butler, D.
Sigogneau-Russell & P. C. Ensom - 2012.
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