Cartierodon ("Cartier's tooth ") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae, that existed in Europe (Switzerland and France) during the middle Eocene epoch (Lutetian stage). It is a monotypic genus that contains the single species C. egerkingensis.[1][2]
| Cartierodon Temporal range: middle Eocene | |
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| fossil remains of C. egerkingensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyaenodontoidea |
| Family: | †Hyaenodontidae |
| Genus: | †Cartierodon Solé & Mennecart, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Cartierodon egerkingensis Solé & Mennecart, 2019[1] | |
References
edit- 1 2 Solé, Floréal; Mennecart, Bastien (2019). "A large hyaenodont from the Lutetian of Switzerland expands the body mass range of the European mammalian predators during the Eocene". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (2). doi:10.4202/app.00581.2018. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ↑ "Cartierodon egerkingensis". Paleodiversity Database.
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