Paurodontidae

Paurodontidae; Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous Kimmeridgian–Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	†Paurodontidae; Marsh, 1887
Genera
	†Brancatherulum?; †Comotherium; †Dorsetodon; †Drescheratherium; †Euthlastus; †Henkelotherium; †Paurodon; †Tathiodon;

Paurodontidae is a family of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous mammals in the order Dryolestida. Remains of paurodontids have been found in the United States, Britain, Portugal, and Tanzania. At least some paurodontids were earthworm specialists and possibly subterranean.[1]

References

A.O. Averianov and T. Martin (2015). "Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA" (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 319 (3): 326–340.

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[1] A.O. Averianov and T. Martin (2015). "Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA" (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 319 (3): 326–340.