Morlodon
| Morlodon Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyaenodontoidea |
| Clade: | †Proviverrinae |
| Genus: | †Morlodon Solé, 2013[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Morlodon vellerei Solé, 2013[1] | |
Morlodon ("Morlo's tooth") is an extinct genus of proviverrine hyaenodonts found in what is now France during the early Eocene.[1] It is a monotypic genus that contains a single species, M. vellerei.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Solé, Floréal (11 December 2012). "New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (4): 375–398. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.686927. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.