Eotriconodon

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Eotriconodon
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
~168–165  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order:† Eutriconodonta
Family:† Triconodontidae
Genus:† Eotriconodon
Butler & Sigogneau-Russell, 2016
Species:
†E. sophron
Binomial name
†Eotriconodon sophron
Butler & Sigogneau-Russell, 2016

Eotriconodon sophron is an extinct mammal from the Bathonian of England. It has been found in the Kirtlington Mammal bed, a site in Oxfordshire that has wielded numerous mammal fossils. [1]

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Description

The holotype is a right lower molar, M46736. [1]

Classification

Although originally compared to Triconodontidae, [1] a more recent study has placed it alongside Sangarotherium and Indotriconodon as closely related to Volaticotherini. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Butler, P.; Sigogneau-Russell, D. (2016). "Diversity of triconodonts in the Middle Jurassic of Great Britain". Palaeontologia Polonica. 67: 35–65. doi:10.4202/pp.2016.67_035 (inactive 12 July 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
  2. ↑ Bajpai, S.; Rautela, A.; Yadav, R.; Wilson Mantilla, G. P. (2024). "The first eutriconodontan mammal from the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 43 (4) e2312234. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2312234.


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