Itatodon

Itatodon is an extinct genus of primitive mammal 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 recent phylogenetic studies have assigned it, along with its close relative Paritatodon to Shuotheriidae.[3]

Itatodon Temporal range: Bathonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Yinotheria
Family:	†Shuotheriidae
Genus:	†Itatodon Lopatin & Averianov, 2005
Species:	†I. tatarinovi
Binomial name
†Itatodon tatarinovi Lopatin & Averianov, 2005

References

1. Lopatin, A. V.; Averianov, A. O. (November 2005). "A New Docodont (Docodonta, Mammalia) from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia". Doklady Biological Sciences. 405 (1–6): 434–436. doi:10.1007/s10630-005-0158-y. ISSN 0012-4966. PMID 16485637.
2. Averianov, A. O.; Lopatin, A. V. (December 2006). "Itatodon tatarinovi (Tegotheriidae, Mammalia), a docodont from the Middle Jurassic of Western Siberia and phylogenetic analysis of Docodonta". Paleontological Journal. 40 (6): 668–677. doi:10.1134/s0031030106060098. ISSN 0031-0301.
3. Wang, Yuan-Qing; Li, Chuan-Kui. "Reconsideration of the systematic position of the Middle Jurassic mammaliaforms Itatodon and Paritatodon" (PDF). Palaeontologia Polonica. 67: 249–256. doi:10.4202/pp.2016.67_249 (inactive 2020-01-22).