Morganucodon peyeri Clemens 1980 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae

Full reference: W. A. Clemens. 1980. Rhaeto-Liassic mammals from Switzerland and West Germany. Zitteliana 5:51-92

Belongs to Morganucodon according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Clemens 1980

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

Type specimen: AIII-329. Its type locality is Breitelen, Hallau layers d & e, which is in a Rhaetian marine marl/marl in the Klettgau Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Breitelen, Hallau layers d & e

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