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Extinct genus of mammals
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Lohoodon
Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Honanodon and Lohoodon, two small otter-like creatures in the water
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Mesonychia
Family: Hapalodectidae
Genus: Lohoodon
Species
  • L. lushiensis

Lohoodon is a genus of hapalodectid mesonychians which lived during the middle Eocene. Fossils of Lohoodon are found in middle Eocene-aged strata of China and Pakistan.

Species

  • Genus Lohoodon
    • L. lushiensis

References

  1. Xiaoyuan Zhou, Renjie Zhai, Gingerich, P. D., & Liezu Chen. (1995). Skull of a New Mesonychid (Mammalia, Mesonychia) from the Late Paleocene of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(2), 387–400. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4523638

External links

Mesonychians
Triisodontidae Synoplotherium vorax
Mesonychidae
Hapalodectidae
Taxon identifiers
Lohoodon


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