Paraxiphodon

<i>Paraxiphodon</i>

Paraxiphodon

Extinct genus of mammals

Paraxiphodon is an extinct genus of artiodactyl (family Xiphodontidae) from the Late Eocene of France (Robiac-Nord and Fons). There are two included species, P. teulonensis and P. cournovensis. The genus demonstrated the continued existence of xiphodonts into at least the Lower Oligocene.[1][2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 74–76. ISBN 978-0801887352.
  2. [2]
    "Genus †Paraxiphodon - Hierarchy - the Taxonomicon".


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