Phenacodontidae

Phenacodontidae
Rango temporal: 63,3 Ma - 48,6 Ma
Paleoceno temprano al Eoceno medio

Taxonomía
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Mammalia
Infraclase: Placentalia
Orden: Condylarthra
Familia: Phenacodontidae
Cope, 1881
Géneros

Los fenacodóntidos son una familia extinta de grandes herbívoros mamíferos del orden de los condilartros.[2]

La dentadura muestra que especies como el Pleuraspidotherium y sus familiares fueron probablemente acuáticos.

Referencias

  1. Peter E. Kondrashov, Spencer G. Lucas, Nearly Complete Skeleton of Tetraclaenodon (Mammalia, Phenacodontidae) from the Early Paleocene of New Mexico: Morpho-Functional Analysis, Journal of Paleontology, 2012, 86, 1, 25.
  2. «The Paleobiology database». Archivado desde el original el 18 de julio de 2011. Consultado el 9 de abril de 2012. 

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