Paraxiphodon
| Paraxiphodon Temporal range: Late Eocene–Early Oligocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Tylopoda |
| Family: | †Xiphodontidae |
| Genus: | Paraxiphodon Sudre, 1978 |
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Paraxiphodon is an extinct genus of Artiodactyl (family Xiphodontidae) from the Eocene-Lower Oligocene of Europe. There are two included species, P. teulonensis and P. cournovensis. The genus demonstrated the continued existence of xiphodonts into at least the Lower Oligocene.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 74-76. ISBN 0801887356.
- ↑ http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=986960
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