Orthaspidotherium
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Orthaspidotherium was a European Paleocene genus of early herbivorous mammals of the family Pleuraspidotheriidae.[1] It was included in the family Meniscotheriidae by Teilhard de Chardin in 1921–1922 and was subsequently separated into the family Pleuraspidotheriidae, before being placed in the family Phenacodontidae.[2] The first complete skull of O. edwardsi was described in 2010, and the same paper once again places it in Pleuraspidotheriidae.[1][3] A 2017 study further reiterates this view.[4]
| Orthaspidotherium Temporal range: Paleocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Condylarthra |
| Family: | †Pleuraspidotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Orthaspidotherium Lemoine, 1885 |
| Species: | †O. edwardsi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Orthaspidotherium edwardsi Lemoine, 1885 | |
