Dobunnodon

Dob-u-no-don.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on November 13, 2014

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Name

Dobunnodon.

Phonetic

Dob-u-no-don.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Docodonta.

Diet

Insectivore‭?‬/Omnivore‭?

Species

D.‭ ‬mussettae‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Forest Marble Formation.

Time Period

Bathonian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Molar teeth.

In Depth

A tooth taxon,‭ ‬Dobunnodon was originally named as a species of Borealestes.‭ ‬Dobunnodon was a docodont cynodontid therapsid that lived in England during the Jurassic.

Further reading

-‭ ‬New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes‭ (‬Mammaliformes:‭ ‬Docodonta‭) ‬from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society‭ ‬-‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Panciroli,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Benson,‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Fernandez,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Butler,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Fraser,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬-X.‭ ‬Luo‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Walsh‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.