Quadratodon

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Quadratodon
Temporal range: Palaeocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla (?)
Genus: Quadratodon
De Bast and Smith, 2016

Quadratodon is an extinct genus of eutherian that inhabited Belgium during the Palaeocene epoch. It is known from a single species, Q. sigei. It has been tentatively assigned to the order Eulipotyphla. [1]

References

  1. De Bast, Eric; Smith, Thierry (2 September 2017). "The oldest Cenozoic mammal fauna of Europe: implication of the Hainin reference fauna for mammalian evolution and dispersals during the Paleocene" . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 15 (9): 741–785. Bibcode:2017JSPal..15..741D. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1237582. ISSN   1477-2019 . Retrieved 29 September 2024 via Taylor and Francis Online.