| Gerhardodon Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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| Gerhardodon purbeckensis Kielan-Jaworowska & Ensom, 1992 |
Gerhardodon is an extinct genus of mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands The Cretaceous (kriːˈteɪʃəs, usually abbreviated 'K' for its German translation "Kreide" is a geologic period and system, reaching from the end of England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It was a member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata, and lived with such dinosaurs as Iguanodon. The Multituberculata (multituberculates are a major branch of mammals that survived for a long period of time but eventually became completely extinct at the end of the Iguanodon (ɪˈgwɑːnədɒn or /ɪˈgwænədɒn/ meaning " Iguana Tooth " is a Genus of Ornithopod Dinosaur It lies within the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and family Pinheirodontidae. Plagiaulacida is a group of extinct Mammals Multituberculates were among the most common mammals of the Mesozoic, "the age of the Dinosaurs Pinheirodontidae is a poorly known family of Fossil Mammals within the order Multituberculata.
The genus Gerhardodon ("Gerhard’s tooth") was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Ensom P. C. in 1992 based on a single species, Gerhardodon purbeckensis. It is known from the Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) strata of Durlston Bay in Dorset, England. In Geology and related fields a stratum (plural strata) is a layer of rock or Soil with internally consistent characteristics that distinguishes Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast It is a multituberculate mammal from the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. This formation is sometimes considered to be partly Upper Jurassic. The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Ma (million years ago to Ma that is from the end of the Triassic to the beginning
References
- Kielan-Jaworowska & Ensom (1992), Multituberculate Mammals from the Upper Jurassic Purbeck Limestone Formation of southern England. Paleontology, 35, p. 95-126.
- Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.
- MESOZOIC MAMMALS
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