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{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}} |
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| image = Paurodon valens (American Jurassic Mammals plate IX).jpg |
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| parent_authority = [[Othniel Charles Marsh|Marsh]], 1887 |
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|regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| taxon = Paurodon valens |
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|phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| authority = Marsh, 1887 |
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|classis = [[Mammalia]] |
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* '''''Archaeotrigon''''' <small>Simpson, 1927</small> |
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* '''''Pelicopsis''''' <small>Simpson, 1927</small> |
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* '''''Araeodon''''' <small>Simpson, 1937</small> |
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* '''''Foxraptor''''' <small>Bakker and Carpenter, 1990</small> |
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'''''Paurodon''''' is an extinct genus of [[Late Jurassic]] mammal from the [[Morrison Formation]] of the [[Western United States]]. |
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==Taxonomy== |
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''Paurodon'' is the type genus of the dryolestidan group Paurodontidae. ''Araeodon'', ''Archaeotrigon'', ''Foxraptor'', and ''Pelicopsis'' are apparently growth stages of ''Paurodon''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=A.O. Averianov and T. Martin |year=2015 |title=Ontogeny and taxonomy of ''Paurodon valens'' (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences |volume=319 |issue=3 |pages=326–340 |url=http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_319_3/TZ_319_3_Averyanov.pdf }}</ref> |
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==Distribution and stratigraphy== |
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Remains of ''Paurodon'' have been found in stratigraphic zone 5 of the Morrison Formation in [[Como Bluff]], [[Wyoming]].<ref name="foster-appendix">Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World''. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.</ref> |
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==Biology== |
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''Paurodon'' was strongly convergent with modern [[golden mole]]s in terms of dentition and jaw shape. This suggests that its diet was composed of earthworms (unlike other contemporary dryolestoids, which were more insectivorous)<ref>Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA. (pdf), Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS Vol. 319, No. 3, 2015, рр. 326–340</ref> and may have even been subterranean, like the more derived ''[[Necrolestes]]''. |
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==See also== |
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* [[Prehistoric mammal]] |
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** [[List of prehistoric mammals]] |
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==References== |
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* Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp. |
* Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp. |
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[[Category:Late Jurassic mammals]] |
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[[Category:Dryolestida]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:09, 9 December 2023
| Paurodon Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Dryolestida |
| Family: | †Paurodontidae |
| Genus: | †Paurodon Marsh, 1887 |
| Species: | †P. valens
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| †Paurodon valens Marsh, 1887
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Paurodon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation of the Western United States.
Taxonomy
[edit]Paurodon is the type genus of the dryolestidan group Paurodontidae. Araeodon, Archaeotrigon, Foxraptor, and Pelicopsis are apparently growth stages of Paurodon.[1]
Distribution and stratigraphy
[edit]Remains of Paurodon have been found in stratigraphic zone 5 of the Morrison Formation in Como Bluff, Wyoming.[2]
Biology
[edit]Paurodon was strongly convergent with modern golden moles in terms of dentition and jaw shape. This suggests that its diet was composed of earthworms (unlike other contemporary dryolestoids, which were more insectivorous)[3] and may have even been subterranean, like the more derived Necrolestes.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ A.O. Averianov and T. Martin (2015). "Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA" (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 319 (3): 326–340.
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
- ^ Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA. (pdf), Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS Vol. 319, No. 3, 2015, рр. 326–340
- Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.
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