Hoodootherium
Extinct monotypic genus of stagodontid mammal
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Hoodootherium is an extinct monotypic genus of stagodontid mammal that lived in North America during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.[1][2]
| Hoodootherium Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Stagodontidae |
| Genus: | †Hoodootherium |
| Species: | †H. praeceps |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hoodootherium praeceps Cohen, 2017 | |
Etymology
The generic name Hoodootherium is made up of the roots Hoodoo-, in reference to the hoodoos that are ubiquitous geological features in southern Utah, and -therium, a very common suffix in generic names of fossil mammals. The specific epithet of the type species, Hoodootherium praeceps, means cliff in Latin, which is in reference to the Straight Cliffs Formation, the geologic formation in which the holotype of the species was found.[3]
