Parvavorodon
| Parvavorodon Temporal range: early to middle Eocene
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Genus: | † Solé et al., 2013[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Parvavorodon gheerbranti Solé et al., 2013[1]
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Parvavorodon ("small devouring tooth") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived in North Africa (Morocco and Algeria) from the early to middle Eocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species P. gheerbranti.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Solé, F.; Lhuillier, J.; Adaci, M.; Bensalah, M.; Mahboubi, M.; Tabuce, R. (2013). "The hyaenodontidans from the Gour Lazib area (?Early Eocene, Algeria): implications concerning the systematics and the origin of the Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (3): 303–322. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.795196.