Biology:Plethorodon

Plethorodon Temporal range: Early to late Paleocene 66–61 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Cimolesta
Suborder:	†Tillodontia
Genus:	†Plethorodon Huang and Zheng 1987
Species
†P. qianyshanensis Huang and Zheng 1987

Plethorodon is an extinct genus of tillodont that lived during Early to Late Paleocene. The type species is P. qianshanensis. which known from partial skull and upper teeth that had been discovered by Huang and Zheng at 1987 at Qianshan, Anhui Province, China .

References

• Plethorodon at fossilworks

Further reading

• Haung, X.; Zheng, J. (1987). "A New Pantodont-like mammal from the Paleocene of Chienshan Basin, Anhui". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25 (1): 20-31. http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200903/W020090813373506205903.pdf. 

External links

• Plethorodon qianyshanensis at Paleozoological museum of China official website (Chinese)

Wikidata ☰ Q25096539 entry