Biology:Polistodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammaliamorphs
| Polistodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Tritylodontidae |
| Genus: | †Polistodon He & Cai, 1984 |
| Species: | †P. chuannanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Polistodon chuannanensis He & Cai, 1984
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Polistodon is an extinct genus of tritylodonts from the Bajocian or Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of China .[1] It contains one species, P. chuannanensis, which is known from a single skull from the Xiashaximiao Formation.[1] According to one study, it may be a species of the genus Stereognathus.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fossilworks. "Polistodon." Retrieved from
- ↑ Averianov, A.O.; Martin, T.; Lopatin, A.V.; Schultz, J.A.; Skutschas, P.P.; Rico, S.; Krasnolutskii, S.A. (2017). "A tritylodontid synapsid from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia and the taxonomy of derived tritylodontids". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 (5): e1363767. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1363767. Bibcode: 2017JVPal..37E3767A.
Wikidata ☰ Q15299097 entry
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