Trioracodon

Trioracodon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous eutriconodont mammal found in North America and the British Isles.

Trioracodon
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous
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Trioracodon

Simpson, 1928
Species:
T. bisulcus

T. ferox T. major

T. oweni

It is known from the Morrison Formation, where it is present in stratigraphic zone 5.[1], and from the Purbeck Group in Dorset.[2]

See also

References

  1. Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
  2. Clemens, W.A., 1963. Late Jurassic mammalian fossils in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge. Palaeontology, 6(Part 2), pp.373-377.


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