Yuesthonyx
Extinct genus of yuesthonychid tillodont
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Yuesthonyx is an extinct monotypic genus of yuesthonychid tillodont that lived in what is now East Asia from the Selandian stage of the Palaeocene epoch to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.[1]
| Yuesthonyx Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Tillodontia |
| Family: | †Yuesthonychidae |
| Genus: | †Yuesthonyx |
| Species: | †Y. tingae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yuesthonyx tingae Tong et al., 2003 | |
Distribution
Yuesthonyx tingae is known from the Palaeocene Dazhang Formation of China.[2] Remains of the genus undiagnostic to the species level are known from the Eocene Wutu Formation.[1]