[MM] Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis
Docodontans
DESCRIBER Sigognea-Russel, 2003
TIME Jurassic Middle
Bathonian
CLASS Mammalia
ORDER Docodonta
FAMILY Docodontidae
FOSSILSITE Clay Band, Kirtlington mammal bed, Forest Marble Formation, England, Britain
INFO
Holotype:BMNH J.526, a right lower molar
Molariforms: BMNH J.784 (left), J.804 (right), ?J,333 (left), ?J.456 (left, last pm or milk), ?J.778 (left), ?J.796 (left milk).
Etymology: kirtlingtonensis, provenance of the described material
The lower molars of Krusatodon differ from those of all other docodont genera (? exept Tegotherium, Tatarinov, 1974) by the depth of the lingual and distal furrows of the main sucp, and the posterior crest of the talonid, which bears three cuspules.