Pentacodontidae

Extinct family of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pentacodontidae ("teeth with five points") is an extinct family of placental mammals from extinct order Pantolesta, that lived in North America and Europe[2] from the early to late Paleocene.[3][4]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Mirorder:Ferae (?)
Order:†Pantolesta
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Pentacodontidae
Temporal range: 63.8–50.5 Ma early to late Paleocene
mandibula of Aphronorus fraudator
mandibula of Bisonalveus browni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Mirorder: Ferae (?)
Order: †Pantolesta
Family: †Pentacodontidae
Simpson, 1937[1]
Type genus
†Pentacodon
Scott, 1892
Genera
  • †Aphronorus
  • †Bisonalveus
  • †Coriphagus
  • †Eurolestes
  • †Pentacodon
Synonyms
  • Pentacodontinae (Simpson, 1937)
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Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

  • Family: †Pentacodontidae (Simpson, 1937)
    • Genus: †Aphronorus (Simpson, 1935)
      • †Aphronorus bearspawensis (Scott, 2013)
      • †Aphronorus fraudator (Simpson, 1935)
      • †Aphronorus orieli (Gazin, 1969)
      • †Aphronorus ratatoski (Winterfeld, 1982)
      • †Aphronorus simpsoni (Gazin, 1938)
    • Genus: †Bisonalveus (Gazin, 1956)
      • †Bisonalveus browni (Gazin, 1956)
      • †Bisonalveus gracilis (Fox & Scott, 2020)
      • †Bisonalveus holtzmani (Gingerich, 1983)
    • Genus: †Coriphagus (Douglass, 1908)
      • †Coriphagus encinensis (Matthew & Granger, 1921)
      • †Coriphagus montanus (Douglass, 1908)
    • Genus: †Eurolestes (De Bast & Smith, 2016)
      • †Eurolestes dupuisi (De Bast & Smith, 2016)
    • Genus: †Pentacodon (Scott, 1892)
      • †Pentacodon inversus (Cope, 1888)
      • †Pentacodon occultus (Matthew, 1937)

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