Paurodontidae Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous Kimmeridgian–Berriasian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Subclass: | Theria |
Order: | Dryolestida |
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Paurodontidae Marsh, 1887 |
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Paurodontidae is a family of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous mammals in the order Dryolestida. Remains of paurodontids have been found in the United States, Britain, Portugal, and Tanzania. At least some paurodontids were earthworm specialists and possibly subterranean.