Tashkumyrodon

Tashkumyrodon; Temporal range: Callovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Genus:	†Tashkumyrodon; Martin & Averianov, 2004
Species:	†T. desideratus
Binomial name
	†Tashkumyrodon desideratus; Martin & Averianov, 2004

Tashkumyrodon is an extinct mammal from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan[1] It is named after the town of Tashkömür, 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 mammals, 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

Thomas Martin & Alexander O. Averianov (2004). "A new docodont (Mammalia) from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (1): 195–201. doi:10.1671/15.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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[1] Thomas Martin & Alexander O. Averianov (2004). "A new docodont (Mammalia) from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (1): 195–201. doi:10.1671/15.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)