Dyskritodon amazighi Sigogneau-Russell 1995 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta

Full reference: D. Sigogneau-Russell. 1995. Two possibly aquatic triconodont mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40(2):149-162

Belongs to Dyskritodon according to D. Sigogneau-Russell 1995

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Prasad and Manhas 2002

Sister taxon: Dyskritodon indicus

Type specimen: MNHN SA 92, a tooth (lower right molar). Its type locality is Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian deltaic sandstone in the Ksar Metlili Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual

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