Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Tinodontidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1879. Additional remains of Jurassic mammals. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 18(105):215-216
Belongs to Tinodon according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cassiliano and Clemens 1979, Hay 1902, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Marsh 1879, Marsh 1887, Simpson 1925, Simpson 1925 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: Tinodon lepidus, Tinodon micron
Type specimen: YPM 11843, a mandible (right mandible with M1-4). Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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