Preregidens Temporal range: Eocene early | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | † Hyaenodontoidea |
Family: | † Hyaenodontidae |
Genus: | † Preregidens Solé, 2015 [1] |
Type species | |
†Preregidens langebadrae Solé, 2015 [1] |
Preregidens ("frontal royal tooth") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae, found in what is now France. It lived during the early Eocene epoch (Ypresian stage). It is a monotypic genus that contains the species P. langebadrae. [1]