Lesmesodon
| Lesmesodon Temporal range: Eocene | |
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| Fossil in Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Hyaenodonta |
| Family: | Hyaenodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Proviverrinae |
| Genus: | Lesmesodon |
| Species: | L. edingeri |
Lesmesodon is an extinct genus of hyaenodontid that lived during the Eocene.[1] It was found in the Messel Pit in Germany.
Fossil in Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano
References
- ↑ Egi, N.; Holroyd, P. A.; Tsubamoto, T.; Soe, A. N.; Takai, M.; Ciochon, R. L. (2005). "Proviverrine hyaenodontids (Creodonta: Mammalia) from the Eocene of Myanmar and a phylogenetic analysis of the proviverrines from the Para‐Tethys area". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 3 (4): 337. doi:10.1017/S1477201905001707.
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