Borisodon
Temporal range: 93.5–89.3 Ma
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Turonian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: †Zhelestidae
Genus: †Borisodon
Archibald & Averianov, 2012
Species:
†B. kara
Binomial name
†Borisodon kara
(Nessov, 1993)

Borisodon is an extinct genus of eutherians which existed in what is now Kazakhstan during the Turonian age. It was described by J. David Archibald and Alexander Averianov in 2012, as a new genus for the species Sorlestes kara, which was originally described by Nessov in 1993.[2] The type specimen was a mandible (CCMGE 101/12455), discovered at Near Ashchikol' Lake, drill core. Borisodon was a tree-climbing insectivore.

References

  1. ^ "Borisodon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  2. ^ J. David Archibald and Alexander Averianov (2012). "Phylogenetic analysis, taxonomic revision, and dental ontogeny of the Cretaceous Zhelestidae (Mammalia: Eutheria)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 (2): 361-426. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00771.x.
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