Paroxyclaenidae

Paroxyclaenidae Temporal range: 56.0–29.0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early Eocene to middle Oligocene
fossil of Kopidodon macrognathus
fossil of Paroxyclaenus lemuroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Mirorder:	Ferae
Order:	† Pantolesta
Family:	† Paroxyclaenidae Weitzel, 1933 [1]
Type genus
† Paroxyclaenus Teilhard de Chardin, 1922
Genera
[see classification]

Paroxyclaenidae ("near Oxyclaenus ") is an extinct family of placental mammals from extinct order Pantolesta, that lived in Pakistan ^[2] and Europe from the early Eocene to middle Oligocene. ^{[3] [4]}

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

Family: †Paroxyclaenidae(Weitzel, 1933) Subfamily: †Merialinae(Russell & Godinot, 1988) Genus: † Fratrodon (Solé, 2019) †Fratrodon tresvauxi(Solé, 2019) Genus: † Merialus (Russell & Godinot, 1988) †Merialus bruneti(Solé, 2019) †Merialus martinae(Russell & Godinot, 1988) Genus: † Paraspaniella (Solé, 2019) †Paraspaniella gunnelli.(Solé, 2019) Genus: † Spaniella (Crusafont-Pairo & Russell, 1968) †Spaniella carezi(Crusafont-Pairo & Russell, 1968) Genus: † Welcommoides (Solé, 2024) †Welcommoides gurki(Solé, 2024) Subfamily: †Paroxyclaeninae(Weitzel, 1933) Genus: † Kopidodon (Weitzel, 1933) †Kopidodon macrognathus(Wittich, 1902) Genus: † Paravulpavoides (Harrison, 2009) †Paravulpavoides cooperi(Hooker, 1986) Genus: † Paroxyclaenus (Teilhard de Chardin, 1922) †Paroxyclaenus lemuroides(Teilhard de Chardin, 1922) Genus: † Pugiodens (Matthes, 1952) †Pugiodens mirus(Matthes, 1952) Genus: † Sororodon (Solé, 2019) †Sororodon tresvauxae(Solé, 2019) Genus: † Vulpavoides (Matthes, 1952) †Vulpavoides germanica(Matthes, 1952) †Vulpavoides simplicidens(Van Valen, 1965) †Vulpavoides vanvaleni(Russell & Godinot, 1988)

References

1. Weitzel, K. (1933.) "Kopidodon macrognathus Wittitch, ein Raubtier aus dem Mitteleozän von Messel." Notizblatt des Vereins für Erdkunde und der Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt zu Darmstadt, 14, 81–88.
2. Solé, Floréal; Baqri, Syed Rafiqul Hassan; Iqbal, Nayyer; Roohi, Ghazala; Benammi, Mouloud; Crochet, Jean-Yves; De Franceschi, Dario; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Marandat, Bernard; Métais, Grégoire; Marivaux, Laurent (30 October 2024). "An unexpected late paroxyclaenid (Mammalia, Cimolesta) out of Europe: dental evidence from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills, Pakistan". Papers in Palaeontology . 10 (6). Bibcode:2024PPal...10E1599S. doi:10.1002/spp2.1599. ISSN   2056-2799 . Retrieved 29 May 2025– via Wiley Online Library.
3. L. Van Valen (1967.) "New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(5):217-284
4. Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten. Paroxyclaenidae