Dorsetodon
Extinct family of mammals
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Dorsetodon is an extinct genus of mammal from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Purbeck Group of Britain. It is represented by isolated lower molars.[1]
| Dorsetodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Dryolestida |
| Family: | †Paurodontidae |
| Genus: | †Dorsetodon Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell, 1998 |
| Species: | †D. haysomi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dorsetodon haysomi Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell, 1998 | |