Eutriconodontans

DESCRIBER    Patterson, 1951
TIME    Cretaceous Early
Aptian Albian
CLASS    Mammalia
ORDER    Eutriconodonta
FAMILY    Triconodontidae
SUBFAMILY    Alticonodontinae
FALL UNDER    Astroconodon delicatus
FOSSILSITE    Paluxy Church, Twin Moutains Formation, Texas, United States
Greenwood Canyon; McLeod Honor Farm, Antlers Formation, Texas, United States
Paluxy Formation, Trinity Group ,SMU locality 20, Bulter Farm, 250 yd NE of U. S. Highway 81, 3 mi NW of Decatur, Wise County, Texas, United States
INFO
Astroconodon denisoni (Patterson, 1951) > Astroconodon delicatus (Cifelli & Madsen, 1998) > Astroconodon sp. (Cifelli et al., 1997, 1998; Jacobs et al., 1991; Winkler et al. 1990 )

Differs from the most closely similar genus, Corviconodon, in having lower molars, with cusp bases more distinctly separated lingually, relatively shorter cusp d (mesial molars), marked increase in crown height on distal molars; last lower molar subequal in size to penultimate molar and bearing well-developed cusp d.

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