Megazostrodon model, Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Synapsida
Clade:
Therapsida
Clade:
Cynodontia
Clade:
Mammaliaformes
Order:
†Morganucodonta
Family:
†Megazostrodontidae
Genus:
†Megazostrodon Crompton & Jenkins, 1968[1]
Type species
†Megazostrodon rudnerae
Crompton & Jenkins, 1968[1]
Other species
†M. chenaliDebuysschere et al., 2015[2]
Megazostrodon is an extinct genus of basal mammaliaforms belonging to the order Morganucodonta. It is approximately 200 million years old.[3] Two species are known: M. rudnerae from the Early Jurassic of Lesotho and South Africa, and M. chenali from the Late Triassic of France.[2]
^ abCrompton; Jenkins (1968). "Molar occlusion in late Triassic mammals". Biological Reviews. 43 (4): 427–458. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1968.tb00966.x. PMID 4886687. S2CID 1044399.
^ abDebuysschere, M.; Gheerbrant, E.; Allain, R. (2015). "Earliest known European mammals: a review of the Morganucodontafrom Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (Upper Triassic, France)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (10): 825–855. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.960486. S2CID 84966194.
^Fur and Fangs: Mammal Origins Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. Palaeobiology and Biodiversity Research Group, University of Bristol.
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