Biology:Greniodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of tetrapods
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| Genus: | †Greniodon Goin et al. 2012
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| Species: | G. sylvaticus
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| Greniodon sylvaticus Goin et al. 2012
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Greniodon is a genus of extinct gondwanatherian mammal known from the Early to Middle Eocene (Lutetian age, Mustersan to Divisaderan in the SALMA classification) of Argentina. A single species, Greniodon sylvaticus, is known, described in 2012 on the basis of two teeth found in the Andesitas Huancache Formation.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Greniodon at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Goin, Francisco J.; Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Chornogubsky, Laura; López, Guillermo M.; Gelfo, Javier N.; Bond, Mariano; Woodburne, Michael O.; Gurovich, Yamila et al. (2012). "Persistence of a Mesozoic, non-therian mammalian lineage (Gondwanatheria) in the mid-Paleogene of Patagonia". Naturwissenschaften 99 (6): 449–463. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0919-z. PMID 22584426.
Wikidata ☰ Q16766421 entry
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