Bridetherium
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Bridetherium is an extinct genus
of morganucodonta
n from Early Jurassic
deposits of southern Wales
, United Kingdom
. Bridetherium is known from some isolated upper and lower molar
iform. It was collected in the Pant Quarry, Vale of Glamorgan. It was first named by William A. Clemens in 2011
and the type species
is Bridetherium dorisae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of morganucodonta
Morganucodonta
The morganucodonts are an extinct group of important animals that seem to represent the earliest of mammals. These were shrew-sized, likely warm-blooded and possibly possessed mammary glands....
n from Early Jurassic
Early Jurassic
The Early Jurassic epoch is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic period...
deposits of southern Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. Bridetherium is known from some isolated upper and lower molar
Molar
Molar may refer to:*Molar , the fourth kind of tooth in mammals*Molar , another name for the Spanish wine grape Listan Negro*Molar concentration, a unit of concentration, or molarity, of solutions equal to 1 mole per litre*Molar volume...
iform. It was collected in the Pant Quarry, Vale of Glamorgan. It was first named by William A. Clemens in 2011
2011 in paleontology
-Lobopods:-Arachnids:-Insects:-Newly named jawless vertebrates:-Newly named acanthodian:-Newly named cartilaginous fishes:-Newly named bony fishes:-Newly named lepospondyls:-Newly named temnospondyls:-Newly named lissamphibians:...
and the type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
is Bridetherium dorisae.