Paressonodon
Paressonodon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Family: | †Neoplagiaulacidae |
Genus: | †Paressonodon Wilson et al., 2010 |
Paressonodon is an extinct genus of multituberculate which existed in Colorado during the late Cretaceous period.[1] It contains the species Paressonodon nelsoni.
References[]
- ^ Gregory P. Wilson, Marieke Dechesne & Ingrid R. Anderson (2010). "New Late Cretaceous mammals from northeastern Colorado with biochronologic and biogeographic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 499–520. doi:10.1080/02724631003620955. S2CID 92991955.
Categories:
- Ptilodontoids
- Cretaceous mammals of North America
- Fossils of the United States
- Hell Creek fauna
- Fossil taxa described in 2010
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Cretaceous mammal stubs