Liotomus

Liotomus
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Superfamily: Ptilodontoidea
Family: Cimolodontidae
Genus: Liotomus
Cope, 1884
Species
  • L. marshi
  • L. vanvaleni

Liotomus is a genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene epoch (early Cenozoic era). It lived in Europe and North America, and was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata, lying within the suborder Cimolodonta and possibly the family Cimolodontidae.

The genus Liotomus was named by E. D. Cope in 1884. It has also been known as Neoctenacodon (Lemoine 1891); Neoplagiaulax (partly); and Parectypodus (partly). This genus is sometimes placed within family Eucosmodontidae (Jepsen 1940).

Liotomus marshi

Liotomus vanvaleni

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