Stylinodon Temporal range: Eocene
early to middle
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life restoration of Stylinodon mirus | |
skull of Stylinodon mirus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Eutheria |
Infraclass: | Placentalia (?) |
Order: | † Taeniodonta |
Superfamily: | † Stylinodontoidea |
Family: | † Stylinodontidae |
Subfamily: | † Stylinodontinae |
Tribe: | †
Stylinodontini Marsh, 1875 [2] |
Genus: | †
Stylinodon Marsh, 1874 [1] |
Type species | |
†Stylinodon mirus Marsh, 1874
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Synonyms [3] | |
Stylinodon ("tooth with pilar-like fibers") [7] is an extinct genus of taeniodonts from extinct tribe Stylinodontini within subfamily Stylinodontinae and family Stylinodontidae, that lived in North America from early to middle Eocene. [8] [9] [10] [11]
With a weight between 54.9 kg (121 lb) and 109 kg (240 lb), [8] and length of 1.30 m (4 ft 3 in), [8] it had similar size to a pig. The skull suggests it had a blunt face, and a very short snout. Its canines had developed into huge, incisor-like root-less teeth. Stylinodon's molars were covered in enamel and continued growing throughout its life. Most likely, it fed on rough roots and tubers. [12]
Placentalia |
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Stylinodon Temporal range: Eocene
early to middle
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life restoration of Stylinodon mirus | |
skull of Stylinodon mirus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Eutheria |
Infraclass: | Placentalia (?) |
Order: | † Taeniodonta |
Superfamily: | † Stylinodontoidea |
Family: | † Stylinodontidae |
Subfamily: | † Stylinodontinae |
Tribe: | †
Stylinodontini Marsh, 1875 [2] |
Genus: | †
Stylinodon Marsh, 1874 [1] |
Type species | |
†Stylinodon mirus Marsh, 1874
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Synonyms [3] | |
Stylinodon ("tooth with pilar-like fibers") [7] is an extinct genus of taeniodonts from extinct tribe Stylinodontini within subfamily Stylinodontinae and family Stylinodontidae, that lived in North America from early to middle Eocene. [8] [9] [10] [11]
With a weight between 54.9 kg (121 lb) and 109 kg (240 lb), [8] and length of 1.30 m (4 ft 3 in), [8] it had similar size to a pig. The skull suggests it had a blunt face, and a very short snout. Its canines had developed into huge, incisor-like root-less teeth. Stylinodon's molars were covered in enamel and continued growing throughout its life. Most likely, it fed on rough roots and tubers. [12]
Placentalia |
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