Biology:Paraxiphodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
References
- ↑ Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 74–76. ISBN 978-0801887352. https://books.google.com/books?id=qO8H_alEofAC&q=Paraxiphodon.
- ↑ "Genus †Paraxiphodon - Hierarchy - the Taxonomicon". http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=986960.
Wikidata ☰ Q18386647 entry
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