Paressonodon
Extinct genus of mammals
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Paressonodon is an extinct genus of multituberculate which existed in western North America during the end of the Cretaceous period.[1] It contains the species Paressonodon nelsoni. Fossils are known from the Laramie Formation of Colorado and the Lance Formation of Wyoming.[2]
| Paressonodon Temporal range: Late Maastrichtian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Family: | †Neoplagiaulacidae |
| Genus: | †Paressonodon Wilson et al., 2010 |
