Lesmesodon

Lesmesodon ("tooth from Messel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct clade Proviverrinae within extinct superfamily Hyaenodontoidea (in extinct order Hyaenodonta), that lived during the Early to Middle Eocene.^[4] It was found in France^[3] and in the Messel Pit in Germany.

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Order:†Hyaenodonta

Superfamily:†Hyaenodontoidea

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Lesmesodon Temporal range: 50.8–46.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early to Middle Eocene
Fossil of Lesmesodon edingeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyaenodontoidea
Clade:	†Proviverrinae
Genus:	†Lesmesodon Morlo & Habersetzer, 1999
Type species
†Lesmesodon edingeri Springhorn, 1982
Species
†L. behnkeae (Morlo & Habersetzer, 1999)[1] †L. edingeri (Springhorn, 1982)[2] †L. gunnelli (Solé, 2021)[3]
Synonyms
synonyms of species: L. edingeri: Proviverra edingeri (Springhorn, 1982)

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