Lesmesodon

Lesmesodon Temporal range: 50.8–46.3  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early to Middle Eocene
Fossil of Lesmesodon edingeri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	† Hyaenodontoidea
Clade:	† Proviverrinae
Genus:	† Lesmesodon Morlo & Habersetzer, 1999
Type species
†Lesmesodon edingeri Springhorn, 1982
Species
†L. behnkeae(Morlo & Habersetzer, 1999) [1] †L. edingeri(Springhorn, 1982) [2] †L. gunnelli(Solé, 2021) [3]
Synonyms
synonyms of species: L. edingeri: Proviverra edingeri(Springhorn, 1982)

Lesmesodon ("tooth from Messel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct clade Proviverrinae within extinct superfamily Hyaenodontoidea (in extinct order Hyaenodonta), that lived during the Early to Middle Eocene. ^[4] It was found in France ^[3] and in the Messel Pit in Germany. Lesmesodon was a weasel-sized carnivorous mammal. ^[5]

References

1. Michael Morlo & Jörg Habersetzer (1999.) "The Hyaenodontidae (Creodonta, Mammalia) from the lower Middle Eocene (MP 11) of Messel (Germany) with special remarks on new x-ray methods" CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 216, 31-73.
2. Springhorn, R. (1982.) "Neue Raubtiere (Mammalia: Creodonta et Carnivora) aus dem Lutetium der Grube Messel (Deutschland)." Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 179, 105–141.
3. Solé, F.; Morlo, M.; Schaal, T.; Lehmann, T. (2021). "New hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the late Ypresian locality of Prémontré (France) support a radiation of the hyaenodonts in Europe already at the end of the early Eocene". Geobios. 66–67: 119–141. Bibcode:2021Geobi..66..119S. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.02.004. ISSN   0016-6995. S2CID   234848856.
4. Egi, N.; Holroyd, P. A.; Tsubamoto, T.; Soe, A. N.; Takai, M.; Ciochon, R. L. (2005). "Proviverrine hyaenodontids (Creodonta: Mammalia) from the Eocene of Myanmar and a phylogenetic analysis of the proviverrines from the Para-Tethys area". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 3 (4): 337. Bibcode:2005JSPal...3..337E. doi:10.1017/S1477201905001707. S2CID   85918991.
5. "Episode 6 Field Guide: Tiny Horses, Galloping Crocs, and Fossilized Jungles". Past Time Paleo. 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2021-07-09.