Plethorodon is an extinct genus of tillodont that lived during Early to Late Paleocene. The type species is P. qianshanensis. which known from partial skull and upper teeth that had been discovered by Huang and Zheng at 1987 at Qianshan, Anhui Province, China.
| Plethorodon Temporal range: Early to late Paleocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Tillodontia |
| Genus: | †Plethorodon Huang & Zheng, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| †P. qianyshanensis Huang & Zheng, 1987 | |
References
edit- Plethorodon at fossilworks
Further reading
edit- Haung, X.; Zheng, J. (1987). "A New Pantodont-like mammal from the Paleocene of Chienshan Basin, Anhui" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 25 (1): 20-31.
External links
edit- Plethorodon qianyshanensis at Paleozoological museum of China official website (Chinese)
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