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Paurodontidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	39885	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39885

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Paurodontidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Theriamorpha
-	Theriiformes
-	Trechnotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Cladotheria	McKenna 1975
superorder	Dryolestoidea
family	Paurodontidae	Marsh 1887

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paurodontidae	family	belongs to Mammalia	stated without evidence	Marsh, 1887
Paurodontidae	family	belongs to Polyprotodontia	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Paurodontidae	family	belongs to Pantotheria	stated without evidence	Simpson, 1928
Paurodontidae	family	belongs to Eupantotheria	stated without evidence	Kraus, 1979
Paurodontidae	family	belongs to Dryolestida	stated without evidence	Prothero, 1981
Paurodontidae	family	belongs to Eupantotheria	implied	Carroll, 1988
Paurodontidae	family	belongs to Dryolestida	stated without evidence	Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004
Paurodontidae	family	belongs to Dryolestoidea	stated with evidence	Rougier et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

166 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Mammalia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. C. Marsh. 1887. American Jurassic mammals. The American Journal of Science, series 3 33(196):327-348

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Araeodon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Archaeotrigon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Dorsetodon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Drescheratherium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Euthlastus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	3	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Foxraptor ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	152 Ma Late Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Paurodon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Tathiodon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1887	Paurodontidae Marsh pp. 341-342
1902	Paurodontidae Hay p. 568
1928	Paurodontidae Simpson p. 120
1929	Paurodontidae Simpson p. 47
1979	Paurodontidae Kraus p. 164
1981	Paurodontidae Prothero p. 321
1988	Paurodontidae Carroll
2004	Paurodontidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 387-388
2011	Paurodontidae Rougier et al. p. S15

References

Marsh O. C. American Jurassic mammals, The American Journal of Science, series 3 33 196, 327-348

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Simpson G. G. (1928) , A Catalogue of the Mesozoic Mammalia in the Geological Department of the British Museum, 1-215

Simpson G. G. (1929) American Mesozoic Mammalia, Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Yale University 3 1, 1-171

Kraus M. J. (1979) Eupantotheria, Mesozoic mammals: the first two-thirds of mammalian history, 162-171

Prothero D. R. (1981) New Jurassic mammals from Como Bluff, Wyoming, and the interrelationships of non-tribosphenic Theria, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 167 5, 277-326

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630

Rougier G. W., Apesteguía S., et al (2011) Highly specialized mammalian skulls from the Late Cretaceous of South America, Nature 479, 98-102 doi:10.1038/nature10591

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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