Thomasia | |
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Molariforms of Thomasia cf. moorei | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
Order: | †Haramiyida |
Family: | †Haramiyidae |
Genus: | †Thomasia Poche, 1908 |
Type species | |
†Microlestes antiquus Pleininger, 1847
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Thomasia is a mammaliaform from the family Haramiyidae.[1] from the Late Triassic of Europe. It is only known from teeth.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of the genus have been found in:[3]
- Triassic
- Sables and Grès de Mortinsart Formations, Gaume, Belgium
- Microlestes Quarry, Frome, England
- Exter and Trossingen Formations, Germany
- Auf dem Heftgen, Syren, Luxembourg
- Klettgau Formation, Switzerland
- Gres à Avicula contorta Formation, Franche-Comté and Lorraine, France
- Jurassic
- Pant Fissure System 4, Pant Quarry, St Brides Major (community), Wales
References
[edit]- ^ http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/mammaliformes/mammaliformes.html#Haramiyida Palaeos on Haramiya
- ^ Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, and Zhe-Xi Luo, Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004), 249–260.
- ^ Thomasia at Fossilworks.org