Purbeckodon
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Purbeckodon is an extinct genus
of morganucodonta
n from Early Cretaceous
deposits of southeastern Dorset
, United Kingdom
. It was collected in the Purbeck Limestone Group
of Dorset. It was first named by P. M. Butler, D. Sigogneau-Russell and P. C. Ensom in 2011
and the type species
is Purbeckodon batei.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of morganucodonta
Morganucodonta
The morganucodonts are an extinct group of important animals that seem to represent the earliest of mammals. These were shrew-sized, likely warm-blooded and possibly possessed mammary glands....
n from Early Cretaceous
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...
deposits of southeastern Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. It was collected in the Purbeck Limestone Group
Purbeck Marble
Purbeck Marble is a fossiliferous limestone quarried in the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset, England.It is one of many kinds of Purbeck Limestone, deposited in the late Jurassic or early Cretaceous periods....
of Dorset. It was first named by P. M. Butler, D. Sigogneau-Russell and P. C. Ensom in 2011
2011 in paleontology
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and the type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
is Purbeckodon batei.