Named By: | P. M. Butler, D. SigogneauinRussell & P. C. Ensom in 2012 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 140 Ma |
Location: | England, Dorset |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Inesctivore |
Fossil(s): | Remains of at least one individual |
Classification: | | Chordata | Therapsida | Cynodontia | Mammaliaformes | Morganucodonta | |
Purbeckodon is an extinct genus of morganucodontan from Early Cretaceous deposits of southeastern Dorset, United Kingdom. It was collected in the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset. It was first named by P. M. Butler, D. Sigogneau-Russell and P. C. Ensom in 2011 and the type species is Purbeckodon batei.