Pleuraspidotherium

Pleuraspidotherium Temporal range: Paleocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pleuraspidotherium aumonieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Condylarthra
Family:	† Pleuraspidotheriidae
Genus:	† Pleuraspidotherium Lemoine (1878)
Species
P. aumonieriLemoine, 1885 (type species) P. remenseLemoine, 1891

Pleuraspidotherium is an extinct genus of condylarth ^[1] of the family Pleuraspidotheriidae, whose fossils have been found in the Late Paleocene Marnes de Montchenot of France and the Tremp Formation of modern Spain. ^[2]

References

1. Orliac, M.J.; Argot C; Gilissen E (2012). "Digital cranial endocast of Hyopsodus (Mammalia, "Condylarthra"): a case of Paleogene terrestrial echolocation?". PLoS ONE . 7 (2) e30000. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...730000O. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030000 . PMC   3277592 . PMID   22347998.
2. Ladevèze, Sandrine; Missiaen, Pieter; Smith, Thierry (2010). "First Skull of Orthaspidotherium Edwardsi (Mammalia 'Condylarthra') from the Late Paleocene of Berru (France) and Phylogenetic Affinities of the Enigmatic European Family Pleuraspidotheriidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 30 (5). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology / Taylor & Francis: 1559–1578. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501440. S2CID   85220182 . Retrieved April 3, 2013.