Paurodontidae
Sign in to savePaurodontidae is a family of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous mammals in the order Dryolestida. Remains of paurodontids have been found in the United States, Britain, Portugal, and Tanzania. The group likely represents a paraphyletic group of basal non dryolestid dryolestidans. Paurodon has been suggested to have been a specilast feeder on earthworms due to the morphology of its teeth closely resembling that of the golden mole genus Amblysomus.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Paurodontidae is referenced by 154 other articles, and connects out to Cladotheria, Pantotheria and Dryolestidae.
It sits within the topics Dryolestida, Early Cretaceous extinctions and Kimmeridgian first appearances.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Dryolestida
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- taxon name
- Paurodontidae
- taxon rank
- family
- temporal range start
- Late Jurassic
- temporal range end
- Early Cretaceous
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Paurodontidae is a family of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous mammals in the order Dryolestida. Remains of paurodontids have been found in the United States, Britain, Portugal, and Tanzania. The group likely represents a paraphyletic group of basal non dryolestid dryolestidans. Paurodon has been suggested to have been a specilast feeder on earthworms due to the morphology of its teeth closely resembling that of the golden mole genus Amblysomus.
==References==
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