Paraxiphodon
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]
| Paraxiphodon Temporal range: Priabonian ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Xiphodontidae |
| Genus: | †Paraxiphodon Sudre, 1978 |
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References
- Prothero, Donald R.; Foss, Scott E. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 74–76. ISBN 978-0801887352.
- "Genus †Paraxiphodon - Hierarchy - the Taxonomicon".
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