Eoconodon
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| Eoconodon Temporal range: Early Paleocene, | |
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| Eoconodon coryphaeus skull, Denver Museum of Nature and Science | |
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| Life reconstruction of Eoconodon coryphaeus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Triisodontidae |
| Genus: | †Eoconodon Matthew & Granger, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| †Eoconodon coryphaeus (Cope, 1885) | |
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Eoconodon is an extinct genus of triisodontid that existed during the early Paleocene of North America.[1] Characteristics of the genus include massive jaws, blunt builds, and strong canine teeth.[2]
Eoconodon is considered to be a giant for mammals during the Early Paleocene, with E. coryphaeus weighing up to 47 kilograms (104 lb),[3] although other experts suggest a smaller mass estimate of 12.6 kg (28 lb).[4][5]
Species
[edit]- Eoconodon copanus
- Eoconodon coryphaeus
- Eoconodon ginibitohia
- Eoconodon heilprinianus
- Eoconodon nidhoggi
References
[edit]- ↑ Clemens, William A. (2011). "Eoconodon ("Triisodontidae," Mammalia) from the Early Paleocene (Puercan) of northeastern Montana, USA" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. 14.
- ↑ Clemens, William A.; Williamson, Thomas E. (2005). "A new species of Eoconodon (Triisodontidae, Mammalia) from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 208–213. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0208:ANSOET]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86047162.
- ↑ T. R. Lyson; I. M. Miller; A. D. Bercovici; K. Weissenburger; A. J. Fuentes; W. C. Clyde; J. W. Hagadorn; M. J. Butrim; K. R. Johnson; R. F. Fleming; R. S. Barclay; S. A. Maccracken; B. Lloyd; G. P. Wilson; D. W. Krause; S. G. B. Chester (October 2019). "Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction". Science. 366 (6468): 977–983. doi:10.1126/science.aay2268. PMID 31649141. S2CID 204883579.
- ↑ Toosey, William J.; Williamson, Thomas E.; Shelley, Sarah L.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2024-11-11). "The osteology of Triisodon crassicuspis (Cope, 1882): New insights into the enigmatic "archaic" placental mammal group "Triisodontidae"". PLOS ONE. 19 (11) e0311187. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0311187. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11554371.
- ↑ Halliday, T. J. D.; Goswami, A. (2016). "The impact of phylogenetic dating method on interpreting trait evolution: a case study of Cretaceous–Palaeogene eutherian body-size evolution". Biology Letter. 12 (8). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2016.0051. PMC 5014015. PMID 27484642.
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