Araeodon

Araeodon intermissus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian–Tithonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Paurodontidae
Genus: Araeodon
Simpson, 1937
Species
  • A. intermissus Simpson, 1937 (type)

Araeodon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) mammal from the Morrison Formation. Present in stratigraphic zone 5.[1]

See also

Paleontology portal
Mammals portal

References

  1. ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.