Meiostylodon

Meiostylodon
Temporal range: Paleocene, 66–61.7 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Cimolesta
Suborder:
Tillodontia
Genus:
†Meiostylodon

Wang, 1975
Binomial name
†Meiostylodon zaoshiensis
Wang, 1975

Meiostylodon is an extinct genus of tillodont that lived during Paleocene. The lone type species, M. zaoshiensis, is known only from three isolated teeth found at Zaoshi, Chaling County, Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China.[1] These isolated fossil teeth are stored at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

References

  1. ^ B.-Y. Wang. 1975. Paleocene mammals of Chaling Basin, Hunan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13(3):154-162