Theroteinus
Extinct genus of mammaliaforms
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Theroteinus is an extinct genus of haramiyidan mammaliaforms from the Late Triassic of France and Britain. It contains three species: T. nikolai, T. rosieriensis and T. jenkinsi, the former two of which are known exclusively from teeth found at the sand quarry of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port,[1][2] while T. jenkinsi is known from a bedded sequence belonging to the Westbury Formation in a road cutting near Holwell, Dorset.[3] Theroteinus is the only member of the family Theroteinidae and the suborder Theroteinida.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Order: | †Haramiyida |
| Suborder: | †Theroteinida Hahn et al., 1989 |
| Family: | †Theroteinidae Sigogneau-Russell et al., 1986 |
| Genus: | †Theroteinus Sigogneau-Russell et al., 1986 |
| Type species | |
| †Theroteinus nikolai Sigogneau-Russell et al., 1986 | |
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