Aletodon
| Aletodon Temporal range: Middle Tiffanian - Clarkforkian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | †Hyopsodontidae |
| Genus: | †Aletodon (Gingerich, 1977)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Aletodon gunnelli | |
Aletodon is a genus of ground dwelling insectivores, now extinct. The genus flourished from around 58.7 to 55.8 Ma.[1] It was native to Colorado, Wyoming, and western North Dakota.[2]
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Aletodon conardae (Winterfeld, 1982)
- Aletodon gunnelli (Gingerich, 1977)
- Aletodon mellon (Van Valen, 1978)
- Aletodon quadravus (Gingerich, 1983)
References
- 1 2 "†Aletodon Gingerich 1977 (elephant shrew)". Fossilworks. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ↑ Gingerich, Philip D. (December 31, 1983). "NEW ADAPISORICIDAE, PENTACODONTIDAE, AND HYOPSODONTIDAE (MAMMALIA, INSECTIVORA AND CONDYLARTHRA) FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING AND COLORADO" (PDF). Museum of Paleontology (University of Michigan) 26 (11): 227–255. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ Janis, Christine Marie; Scott, Kathleen Marie; Jacobs, Louis L. (1998). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 306. ISBN 0 521 35519 2. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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