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Megazostrodon
| Megazostrodon Temporal range:
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| Molariforms of Megazostrodon (A), Erythrotherium (B) and Morganucodon (C) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Order: | †Morganucodonta |
| Family: | †Megazostrodontidae |
| Genus: | †Megazostrodon Crompton & Jenkins, 1968[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Megazostrodon rudnerae Crompton & Jenkins, 1968[1]
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Megazostrodon is an extinct genus of basal mammaliaforms belonging to the order Morganucodonta. It is approximately 200 million years old.[3] Two species are known: M. rudnerae from the Early Jurassic of Lesotho and South Africa, and M. chenali from the Late Triassic of France.[2]
- ^ a b Crompton; Jenkins (1968). "Molar occlusion in late Triassic mammals". Biological Reviews. 43 (4): 427–458. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1968.tb00966.x. PMID 4886687. S2CID 1044399.
- ^ a b Debuysschere, M.; Gheerbrant, E.; Allain, R. (2015). "Earliest known European mammals: a review of the Morganucodontafrom Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (Upper Triassic, France)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (10): 825–855. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.960486. S2CID 84966194.
- ^ Fur and Fangs: Mammal Origins Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. Palaeobiology and Biodiversity Research Group, University of Bristol.
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