Plethorodon Temporal range: Early to late Paleocene 66–61 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 |
Order: | †Tillodontia |
Genus: | †Plethorodon Huang & Zheng, 1987 |
Type species | |
†P. qianyshanensis Huang & Zheng, 1987 |
Plethorodon is an extinct genus of tillodont that lived during Early to Late Paleocene. The type species is P. qianshanensis. which known from partial skull and upper teeth that had been discovered by Huang and Zheng at 1987 at Qianshan, Anhui Province, China.
References
- Plethorodon at fossilworks
Further reading
- Haung, X.; Zheng, J. (1987). "A New Pantodont-like mammal from the Paleocene of Chienshan Basin, Anhui" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 25 (1): 20-31.
External links
- Plethorodon qianyshanensis at Paleozoological museum of China official website (Chinese)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Plethorodon |
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