Stylinodon
Stylinodon Temporal range:
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Skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Taeniodonta |
Family: | † Stylinodontidae
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Genus: | †Stylinodon Marsh, 1874 |
Type species | |
†Stylinodon mirus | |
Species | |
†Stylinodon inexplicatus |
Stylinodon is an extinct
taeniodont mammal, and is the best known, and last genus of taeniodonts, lived some 45 million years ago during middle Eocene
in North America.
The skull suggests it had a blunt face, and a very short snout. Species ranged in size from
teeth. Stylinodon's molars were covered in enamel and continued growing throughout its life. Most likely, it fed on rough roots and tubers.[1]
References
- ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
External links
- [1] Photograph of skull at Utah Field House of Natural History Museum, at Vernal, Utah