Aletodon

Aletodon
Temporal range: Middle Tiffanian - Clarkforkian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: †Hyopsodontidae
Genus: †Aletodon
Gingerich, 1977[1]
Type species
†Aletodon gunnelli

Aletodon is a genus of ground dwelling insectivores, now extinct. The genus flourished from around 58.7 to 55.8 Ma.[1] It was native to Colorado, Wyoming, and western North Dakota.[2]

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "†Aletodon Gingerich 1977 (elephant shrew)". Fossilworks. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  2. ^ Gingerich, Philip D. (December 31, 1983). "NEW ADAPISORICIDAE, PENTACODONTIDAE, AND HYOPSODONTIDAE (MAMMALIA, INSECTIVORA AND CONDYLARTHRA) FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING AND COLORADO". Museum of Paleontology. 26 (11). University of Michigan: 227–255. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ^ Janis, Christine Marie; Scott, Kathleen Marie; Jacobs, Louis L. (1998). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 306. ISBN 0-521-35519-2. Retrieved 11 June 2014.


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