Honanodon

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Honanodon
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Late Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order:† Mesonychia
Family:† Mesonychidae
Genus:† Honanodon
Chow, 1965
Species
  • H. hebetis
  • H. macrodontus

Honanodon is an extinct genus of mesonychid mesonychian found Middle to Late Eocene strata of China and Pakistan.

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Species of Honanodon were originally described as hapalodectids of small to large sizes based on jaw fragments and teeth. However, because the lower molars do not have grooves diagnostic of Hapalodectidae, the genus has been referred to Mesonychidae. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Gunnell, Gregg F., and Philip D. Gingerich. "New hapalodectid Hapalorestes lovei (Mammalia, Mesonychia) from the early Middle Eocene of northwestern Wyoming." (1996).


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