Biology:Proentelodon

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Short description: Extinct genus of tetrapods


Proentelodon
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Entelodontidae
Genus: Proentelodon
Type species
Proentelodon minutus
Vislobokova, 2008

Proentelodon is an extinct genus of entelodont artiodactyl from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia. P. minutus is the oldest representative of the family Entelodontidae, P. minutus gen. et sp. nov, is described from the Middle Eocene Khaichin Ula II Fauna in Mongolia.[1]

References

  1. Vislobokova, I. A. (October 2008). "The oldest representative of Entelodontoidea (Artiodactyla, Suiformes) from the Middle Eocene of Khaichin Ula II, Mongolia, and some evolutionary features of this superfamily". Paleontological Journal 42 (6): 643–654. doi:10.1134/s0031030108060105. 

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