Paraxiphodon

Paraxiphodon
Temporal range: Late Eocene–Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:†Xiphodontidae
Genus:†Paraxiphodon
Sudre, 1978
Species
  • P. teulonensis (Type species)
  • P. cournovensis

Paraxiphodon is an extinct genus of Artiodactyl (family Xiphodontidae) from the Eocene-Lower Oligocene of Europe. There are two included species, P. teulonensis and P. cournovensis. The genus demonstrated the continued existence of xiphodonts into at least the Lower Oligocene.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 74–76. ISBN 0801887356.
  2. ↑ http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=986960


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