Morlodon
Extinct genus of mammals
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Morlodon ("Morlo's tooth") is an extinct genus of proviverrine hyaenodonts found in what is now France during the early Eocene.[1] It is a monotypic genus that contains a single species, M. vellerei.
| Morlodon Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyaenodontoidea |
| Clade: | †Proviverrinae |
| Genus: | †Morlodon Solé, 2013[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Morlodon vellerei Solé, 2013[1] | |