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Tashkumyrodon

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Extinct genus of mammaliaforms

Tashkumyrodon
Temporal range: Callovian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Mammaliaformes
Order: Docodonta
Genus: Tashkumyrodon
Martin & Averianov, 2004
Species: T. desideratus
Binomial name
Tashkumyrodon desideratus
Martin & Averianov, 2004

Tashkumyrodon is an extinct mammaliaform from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan It is named after the town of Tash-Kömür, near where the original specimen was found. It belongs to the order Docodonta and is closely related to Sibirotherium and Tegotherium. There is only one species currently known, Tashkumyrodon desideratus.

The holotype fossil is a lower left molar. Like many Mesozoic mammaliaforms, it is only known from isolated teeth. The fossil is housed at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.

References

  1. Thomas Martin; Alexander O. Averianov (2004). "A new docodont (Mammalia) from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (1): 195–201. doi:10.1671/15. S2CID 55118845.
Cynodontia
Synapsida
Cynodontia
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Cynodontia
Cynodontia
Charassognathidae
Procynosuchidae
Epicynodontia
Galesauridae
Eucynodontia
Cynognathia
Probainognathia
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Abdalodon diastematicus Galesaurus planiceps
Probainognathia
Probainognathia
Chiniquodontidae
Probainognathidae
Ecteniniidae
Prozostrodontia
Prozostrodontidae
Tritheledontidae
Mammaliamorpha
Tritylodontidae
Mammaliaformes
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Chiniquodon theotonicus

Riograndia guaibensis

Oligokyphus triserialis
Mammaliaformes
Mammaliaformes
Kuehneotheriidae
Shuotheriidae
Docodonta
Haramiyida
Euharamiyida
Hahnodontidae?
Crown-Mammalia
Morganucodon watsoni Docofossor brachydactylus
See also
Incertae sedis
Paraphyletic /
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Taxon identifiers
Tashkumyrodon


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