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Morlodon

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Morlodon
Temporal range: Ypresian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Subfamily: Proviverrinae
Genus: Morlodon
Solé, 2013
Type species
Morlodon vellerei
Solé, 2013

Morlodon is an extinct genus of proviverrine hyaenodont found in what is now Europe during the Ypresian Age. It is a monotypic genus that contains a single species, M. vellerei.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Solé, Floréal (11 December 2012). "New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (4): 375–398. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.686927. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.