Tritemnodon
Appearance
Tritemnodon Temporal range: Eocene
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Restoration of Tritemnodon agilis | |
Tritemnodon agilis skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
Genus: | †Tritemnodon Matthew, 1906[1] |
Type species | |
†Tritemnodon agilis Marsh, 1872[2]
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Synonyms | |
Tritemnodon ("three cutting teeth") was a genus of hyaeanodontid which lived 50.5-46.2 million years ago.[6][7] Fossils of Tritemnodon agilis have been found in Utah and Wyoming (Willwood Formation of Big Horn County and the Lower Bridger Formation of Uinta County), and it was the size of a wolf.
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic relationships of genus Tritemnodon are shown in the following cladogram.[8][9][10][11]
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†Lahimia clade †Arfia clade †Galecyon clade †Indohyaenodon clade †Tritemnodon clade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Matthew, W. D. (1906.) "The Osteology of Sinopa, a Creodont Mammal of the Middle Eocene." Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXX, pp. 203-233, pl. XVI
- ^ O. C. Marsh (1872.) "Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II." American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224
- ^ Matthew, W. D. (1901.) "Additional observations on the Creodonta." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 14: 1-38
- ^ E. D. Cope (1872.) "Third account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene of Wyoming Valley." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-4
- ^ J. L. Wortman (1902.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 13:433-448
- ^ "Systematics and evolution of early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 27 (13): 327–391. 1989.
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