Paressonodon Temporal range: Late Maastrichtian, | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 western North America during the end of the Cretaceous period. [1] It contains the species Paressonodon nelsoni. Fossils are known from the Laramie Formation of Colorado and the Lance Formation of Wyoming. [2]