Greniodon

Greniodon
Temporal range: Mid Eocene (Mustersan-Divisaderan)
~48.6–40.4 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Gondwanatheria
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Greniodon
Goin et al. 2012
Species: G. sylvaticus
Binomial name
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.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Greniodon at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ 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. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0919-z. PMID 22584426.


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