Megazostrodon

Megazostrodon
Temporal range: Rhaetian–Hettangian
Molariforms of Megazostrodon (A), Erythrotherium (B) and Morganucodon (C)
Scientific classification Edit this 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. chenali Debuysschere 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]

  1. ^ a b Crompton; 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.
  2. ^ a b Debuysschere, 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.
  3. ^ Fur and Fangs: Mammal Origins Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. Palaeobiology and Biodiversity Research Group, University of Bristol.