Morlodon

Morlodon; Temporal range: 55.2–47.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	† Hyaenodontoidea
Clade:	† Proviverrinae
Genus:	† Morlodon ; Solé, 2013
Type species
	†Morlodon vellerei; Solé, 2013

Last updated March 30, 2025

Morlodon ("Morlo's tooth") is an extinct genus of proviverrine hyaenodonts found in what is now France during the early Eocene.^[1] It is a monotypic genus that contains a single species, M. vellerei.

References

1 2 3 Solé, Floréal (11 December 2012). "New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 11 (4): 375–398. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.686927. ISSN 1477-2019 . Retrieved 7 November 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[Morlodon-1] 1 2 3 Solé, Floréal (11 December 2012). "New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 11 (4): 375–398. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.686927. ISSN 1477-2019 . Retrieved 7 November 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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