Tathiodon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) mammal from the Morrison Formation. Present in stratigraphic zone 5.[2]

Tathiodon
Temporal range: Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian–Tithonian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Paurodontidae
Genus: Tathiodon
Simpson, 1927
Species:
T. agilis
Binomial name
Tathiodon agilis
(Simpson, 1927 [originally Tanaodon])
Synonyms
  • Comotherium richi Prothero, 1981[1]
  • Tanaodon agilis Simpson, 1927

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References

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  1. ^ Averianov, A. O.; Martin, T. (2015). "Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA" (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. 319 (3): 326–340.
  2. ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
  • Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.