[MM] Priacodon fruitaensis
Eutriconodontans
DESCRIBER Rasmussen and Callison, 1981
TIME Jurassic Late
Kimmeridgian Titonian
CLASS Mammalia
ORDER Eutriconodonta
FAMILY Triconodontidae
SUBFAMILY Triconodontinae
FOSSILSITE Fruita, Morrison Formation, Como Bluff, Wyoming, United States
FALL UNDER Priacodon ferox
INFO
Priacodon ferox (Marsh, 1880 ) [Tinodon ferox Marsh, 1880 ] > Priacodon fruitaensis (Rasmussen and Callison, 1981) > Priacodon grandaevus (Simpson, 1925) > Priacodon lulli (Simpson, 1925) > Priacodon robustes (Marsh, 1879) > Priacodon sp. (Krusat, 1989)
Rasmussen & Callison (1981), A new species of triconodont mammal from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. J. of Paleont. 55, p.628-634.
Rougier, G. W., J. R. Wible, and J. A. Hopson. 1996. Basicranial anatomy of Priacodon fruitaensis (Triconodontidae, Mammalia) from the Late Jurassic of Colorado, and a reappraisal of mammaliaform interrelationships. American Museum Novitates 3183:1–38.
The holotype is known affectionately as LACM 120451. This charming name originally referred to a lower left jaw, though various other associated elements have been subsequently identified and described, (p.348-349).