Morganucodon watsoni Kuehne 1949 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Alternative combination: Eozostrodon watsoni

Full reference: W. G. Kuehne. 1949. On a triconodont tooth of a new pattern from a fissure-filling in South Glamorgan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 119:345-350

Belongs to Morganucodon according to Kühne 1949

See also Butler and Sigogneau-Russel 2016 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Morganucodon heikuopengensis, Morganucodon oehleri, Morganucodon peyeri, Morganucodon tardus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Duchy Quarry (St. Bride's Island), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fissure fill limestone/marl in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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