Paritatodon

Paritatodon is an extinct mammaliaform which existed in Kyrgyzstan and England during the Jurassic period.^[1] It was originally the holotype specimen of Shuotherium kermacki, but Martin and Averianov (2010)^[1] argued that it resembled the genus Itatodon (Docodonta) and so renamed it Paritatodon.

Paritatodon Temporal range: Bathonian-Callovian ~165–162 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Clade:	Mammaliaformes
Genus:	†Paritatodon Martin & Averianov, 2010
Species:	†P. kermacki
Binomial name
†Paritatodon kermacki (Sigogneau-Russell, 1998)

Nonetheless, some recent phylogenetic studies assign it (and Itatodon) to Shuotheriidae,^[2] while others continue to consider the taxon a docodont.

Like many Mesozoic mammals, this species is only known from its teeth, in this case two lower molars from the Forest Marble Formation in England,^[3] and a single left lower molar from the Balabansai Formation in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan.^[1]