Paraxiphodon
Extinct genus of mammals
Paraxiphodon Temporal range: Priabonian ~37–34 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Xiphodontidae |
Genus: | †Paraxiphodon Sudre, 1978 |
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Paraxiphodon is an extinct genus of artiodactyl (family Xiphodontidae) from the Late Eocene of France (Robiac-Nord and Fons). 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]
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