Orthaspidotherium
| Orthaspidotherium Temporal range: Paleocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | † Condylarthra
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| Family: | †Pleuraspidotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Orthaspidotherium Lemoine, 1885 |
| Species: | †O. edwardsi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Orthaspidotherium edwardsi Lemoine, 1885
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Orthaspidotherium was a European
Teilhard de Chardin in 1921-1922 and was subsequently separated into the family Pleuraspidotheriidae, before being placed in the family Phenacodontidae.[2]
The first complete skull of O. edwardsi was described in 2010, and the same paper once again places it in
Pleuraspidotheriidae.[1][3] A 2017 study further reiterates this view.[4]
References
- ^ S2CID 85220182.
- ^ Williamson, Thomas E.; Lucas, Spencer G. (1992). Meniscotherium (Mammalia, "Condylarthra") from the Paleocene-Eocene of Western North America: Bulletin 1. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. p. 49. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- PMID 24489703.
- PMID 28075073.