Stylidens is an extinct genus of mammaliaforms, possibly belonging to Morganucodonta, that lived in what is now England during the Middle Jurassic. Its type species is Stylidens hookeri, which was named in 2016 by Percy M. Butler and Denise Sigogneau-Russell from an isolated lower molar found at the Forest Marble Formation. A second molar referable to the genus is also known, which may represent a separate species.

Etymology

The generic epithet Stylidens is derived from the Latin words , alluding to the pointed cusps of its molars, and , meaning "tooth". The specific name hookeri honours the British researcher Jerry Hooker.

Stylidens

References

Morganucodonts

Prehistoric cynodont genera

Jurassic synapsids of Europe

Bathonian life

Jurassic England

Fossils of England

Fossil taxa described in 2016

Taxa named by Percy M. Butler

Taxa named by Denise Sigogneau‐Russell

Stylidens