Paurodon

Paurodon Temporal range: Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian–Tithonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Theria
Order:	Dryolestida
Family:	Paurodontidae
Genus:	Paurodon Marsh, 1887
Species
P. valens Marsh, 1887 (type)
Synonyms
Archaeotrigon Simpson, 1927 Pelicopsis Simpson, 1927 Araeodon Simpson, 1937 Foxraptor Bakker and Carpenter, 1990

Paurodon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation of the western US.

Paurodon is the type genus of the dryolestidan group Paurodontidae. Araeodon, Archaeotrigon, Foxraptor, and Pelicopsis are apparently growth stages of Paurodon.

Remains of Paurodon have been found in stratigraphic zone 5 of the Morrison Formation in Como Bluff, Wyoming.

Paurodon was strongly convergent with modern golden moles in terms of dentition and jaw shape. This suggests that its diet was composed of earthworms (unlike other contemporary dryolestoids, which were more insectivorous) and may have even been subterranean, like the more derived Necrolestes.

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