ammonites
Triconodon mordax Owen 1859 (mammal)

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Synonyms: Triacanthodon serrula Owen 1871, Triconodon minor Owen 1871

Belongs to Triconodon according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Triconodon mordax: BMNH 47764, a mandible (left mandible). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Triacanthodon serrula: BMNH 47763, a mandible (left mandible). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Triconodon minor: BMNH 47771, a mandible (partial right mandible). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore