Editing Gerhardodon

{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}
{{speciesbox
| name = ''Gerhardodon''
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|145|140|[[Berriasian]]}}
| genus = Gerhardodon
| species = purbeckensis
| authority = Kielan-Jaworowska & Ensom, 1992
}}

'''''Gerhardodon''''' is an extinct genus of [[mammal]] from the Lower [[Cretaceous]] of southern England. It was a member of the also extinct order of [[Multituberculata]], and lived with such [[dinosaur]]s as ''[[Iguanodon]]''. It lies within the suborder "[[Plagiaulacida]]" and family [[Pinheirodontidae]].

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) [[stratum|strata]] of Durlston Bay in [[Dorset]], England. It is a multituberculate mammal from the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. This formation is sometimes considered to be partly Upper [[Jurassic]].

==References==
* Kielan-Jaworowska & Ensom (1992), Multituberculate Mammals from the Upper Jurassic Purbeck Limestone Formation of southern England. Paleontology, 35, p.&nbsp;95-126.
* Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". ''Paleontology'' '''44''', p.&nbsp;389-429.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110514101729/http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/plagiau.htm MESOZOIC MAMMALS]

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[[Category:Multituberculata]]
[[Category:Early Cretaceous mammals of Europe]]
[[Category:Prehistoric mammal genera]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1992]]


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