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Purbeckodon Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 140 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Clade:	Mammaliaformes
Order:	†Morganucodonta (?)
Genus:	†Purbeckodon Butler, Sigogneau-Russell & Ensom, 2011
Species:	†P. batei
Binomial name
†Purbeckodon batei Butler, Sigogneau-Russell & Ensom, 2011

Purbeckodon is an extinct genus of mammaliaforms, possibly belonging to Morganucodonta, that is known from Early Cretaceous deposits of southeastern Dorset, England. It was collected in the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset. It was first named by Percy M. Butler, Denise Sigogneau-Russell and P. C. Ensom in 2011 and the type species is Purbeckodon batei.

References

1. P. M. Butler, D. Sigogneau-Russell and P. C. Ensom (2011). "Possible persistence of the morganucodontans in the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group (Dorset, England)". Cretaceous Research. 33: 135–145. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.007.

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