Itatodon
| Itatodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida
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| Clade: | Cynodontia
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| Clade: | Mammaliamorpha |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Genus: | †Itatodon Lopatin & Averianov, 2005 |
| Species: | †I. tatarinovi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Itatodon tatarinovi Lopatin & Averianov, 2005
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Itatodon is an extinct genus of primitive
mammaliaforms known from the Bathonian aged Itat Formation of Russia. The genus is named after the formation, with the species being named after Leonid Petrovich Tatarinov
who described the first docodont
from Asia. It is known from a holotype right lower molar[1] and referred isolated right lower molar and fragment of the left lower molar.[2] When it was first described, it was thought to be a docodontan, but one recent phylogenetic studies have assigned it, along with its close relative Paritatodon to Shuotheriidae,[3] while others continue to consider it a docodont.
References
- S2CID 27755877.
- S2CID 129438779.
- doi:10.4202/pp.2016.67_249 (inactive 31 January 2024).)
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