Paurodontidae

Paurodontidae; Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous Kimmeridgian–Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Lower jaw of Paurodon valens from the Late Jurassic of North America
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	†Paurodontidae; Marsh, 1887
Genera
	†Brancatherulum?; †Comotherium; †Dorsetodon; †Drescheratherium; †Euthlastus; †Henkelotherium; †Paurodon; †Tathiodon;

Paurodontidae is a family of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous mammals in the order Dryolestida. Remains of paurodontids have been found in the United States, Britain, Portugal, and Tanzania. The group likely represents a paraphyletic group of basal non dryolestid dryolestidans.^[1] Paurodon has been suggested to have been a specilast feeder on earthworms due to the morphology of its teeth closely resembling that of the golden mole genus Amblysomus.^[2]

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Paurodontidae Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous Kimmeridgian–Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Lower jaw of Paurodon valens from the Late Jurassic of North America
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	†Paurodontidae Marsh, 1887
Genera
†Brancatherulum? †Comotherium †Dorsetodon †Drescheratherium †Euthlastus †Henkelotherium †Paurodon †Tathiodon