Docodon

Docodon
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
Bronze model of upper and lower jaws
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Mammaliaformes
Order: †Docodonta
Family: †Docodontidae
Genus: †Docodon
Marsh, 1881[1]
Species
  • D. victor (Marsh, 1880)[1]
  • D. affinis (Marsh, 1880)*
  • D. crassus (Marsh, 1880)*
  • D. striatus Marsh, 1881, type*
  • D. superus (Simpson 1929)*
  • D. apoxys (Rougler, Sheth, Carpenter, Appella-Guiscafre & Davis, 2014)[2]
  • D. hercynicus Martin et al., 2024[3]

*probable synonyms

Docodon (meaning 'beam tooth') is an extinct docodont mammaliaform from the Late Jurassic of western North America. It was the first docodont to be named.

  1. ^ a b Marsh, O. C. (1880). "Notice on Jurassic mammals representing two new orders". American Journal of Science. 20 :235-239.
  2. ^ Rougier, G. W.; Sheth, A. S.; Carpenter, K.; Appella-Guiscafre, L. & Davis, B. M. (2014). "A new species of Docodon (Mammaliaformes: Docodonta) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation and a reassessment of selected craniodental characters in basal mammaliaforms". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 22: 1-16.
  3. ^ Martin, T.; Averianov, A. O.; Lang, A. J.; Schultz, J. A.; Wings, O. (2024). "Docodontans (Mammaliaformes) from the Late Jurassic of Germany". Historical Biology: 1–9. doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2300635. S2CID 267167016.