Dinnetherium nezorum
Sign in to saveDinnetherium is an extinct genus of mammaliaforms from the Early Jurassic of Arizona. The type species, D. nezorum, was named in 1983. It was discovered in a Sinemurian layer of the Kayenta Formation, within the Gold Spring Quarry 1. The holotype is MNA V3221, which is a partial right mandible.
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- Parent taxon
- Megazostrodontidae
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- taxon name
- Dinnetherium nezorum
- location of discovery
- Colorado Plateau
- short name
- D. nezorum
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- Dinnetherium
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Dinnetherium is an extinct genus of mammaliaforms from the Early Jurassic of Arizona. The type species, D. nezorum, was named in 1983. It was discovered in a Sinemurian layer of the Kayenta Formation, within the Gold Spring Quarry 1. The holotype is MNA V3221, which is a partial right mandible.
Dinnetherium has sometimes been placed in the family Megazostrodontidae, but in 2011 the monotypic family Dinnetheriidae and order Dinnetheria were erected for the genus.
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