Greniodon Temporal range: Mid Eocene (Mustersan-Divisaderan) ~48.6–40.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | †Gondwanatheria |
Genus: | †Greniodon Goin et al., 2012 |
Type species | |
†Greniodon sylvaticus Goin et al., 2012 |
Greniodon is a genus of extinct gondwanatherian mammal known from the Early to Middle Eocene (Lutetian age, Mustersan to Divisaderan in the SALMA classification) of Argentina. A single species, Greniodon sylvaticus, is known, described in 2012 on the basis of two teeth found in the Andesitas Huancache Formation.
References
- Greniodon at Fossilworks.org
- Goin, Francisco J.; Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Chornogubsky, Laura; López, Guillermo M.; Gelfo, Javier N.; Bond, Mariano; Woodburne, Michael O.; Gurovich, Yamila; Reguero, Marcelo (2012). "Persistence of a Mesozoic, non-therian mammalian lineage (Gondwanatheria) in the mid-Paleogene of Patagonia". Naturwissenschaften. 99 (6): 449–463. Bibcode:2012NW.....99..449G. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0919-z. PMID 22584426.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Greniodon |
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- Gondwanatheres
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Eocene mammals of South America
- Divisaderan
- Mustersan
- Paleogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 2012
- Taxa named by Francisco J. Goin
- Taxa named by Marcelo Tejedor
- Taxa named by Laura Chornogubsky
- Taxa named by Guillermo M. López
- Taxa named by Javier N. Gelfo
- Taxa named by Mariano Bond
- Taxa named by Michael Woodburne
- Taxa named by Yamila Gurovich
- Taxa named by Marcelo Reguero
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