Paurodon

Paurodon Temporal range: Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian–Tithonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Theria
Order:	Dryolestida
Family:	Paurodontidae
Genus:	Paurodon Marsh, 1887
Species
P. valens Marsh, 1887 (type)
Synonyms
Archaeotrigon Simpson, 1927 Pelicopsis Simpson, 1927 Araeodon Simpson, 1937 Foxraptor Bakker and Carpenter, 1990

Paurodon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation of the western US.

Taxonomy

Paurodon is the type genus of the dryolestidan group Paurodontidae. Araeodon, Archaeotrigon, Foxraptor, and Pelicopsis are apparently growth stages of Paurodon.

Distribution and stratigraphy

Remains of Paurodon have been found in stratigraphic zone 5 of the Morrison Formation in Como Bluff, Wyoming.

See also

• Prehistoric mammal
  • List of prehistoric mammals
• Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation

References

• Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.