Theroteinus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
Order: | †Haramiyida |
Suborder: | †Theroteinida Hahn et al., 1989 |
Family: | †Theroteinidae Sigogneau-Russell et al., 1986 |
Genus: | †Theroteinus Sigogneau-Russell et al., 1986 |
Type species | |
†Theroteinus nikolai Sigogneau-Russell et al., 1986
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Theroteinus is an extinct genus of haramiyidan mammaliaforms from the Late Triassic of France and Britain. It contains three species: T. nikolai, T. rosieriensis and T. jenkinsi, the former two of which are known exclusively from teeth found at the sand quarry of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port,[1][2] while T. jenkinsi is known from a bedded sequence belonging to the Westbury Formation in a road cutting near Holwell, Dorset.[3] Theroteinus is the only member of the family Theroteinidae and the suborder Theroteinida.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Debuysschere, M. (2016). "A reappraisal of Theroteinus (Haramiyida, Mammaliaformes) from the Upper Triassic of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (France)". PeerJ. 4: e2592. doi:10.7717/peerj.2592. PMC 5075691. PMID 27781174.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Theroteinus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Whiteside, D. I.; Duffin, C. J. (2021). "New haramiyidan and reptile fossils from a Rhaetian bedded sequence close to the famous 'Microlestes' Quarry of Holwell, UK". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 132 (1): 34–49. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.09.003. S2CID 230569213.