Orthaspidotherium

Orthaspidotherium
Temporal range: Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: ?Perissodactyla
Family: Phenacodontidae
Genus: Orthaspidotherium

Orthaspidotherium was a European Paleocene genus of early herbivorous mammals of the family Phenacodontidae.[1] It was included in the family Meniscotheriidae by Teilhard de Chardin in 1921-1922 and was subsequently separated into the subfamily Pleuraspidotheriinae, before being placed in the family Phenacodontidae where it remains today.[1] The first complete skull, of Orthaspidotherium edwardsi, was described in 2010.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Williamson, Thomas E.; Lucas, Spencer G. Meniscotherium (Mammalia, "Condylarthra") from the Paleocene-Eocene of Western North America: Bulletin 1. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. p. 49. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. Ladevèze, Sandrine; Missiaen, Pieter; Smith, Thierry (1 January 2010). "First Skull Of Orthaspidotherium Edwardsi (Mammalia, "Condylarthra") From The Late Paleocene Of Berru (France) And Phylogenetic Affinities Of The Enigmatic European Family Pleuraspidotheriidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (5): 1559–1578. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501440. JSTOR 40864368.
  3. Smith, Thierry; Quesnel, Florence; Plöeg, Gaël De; Franceschi, Dario De; Métais, Grégoire; Bast, Eric De; Solé, Floréal; Folie, Annelise; Boura, Anaïs; Claude, Julien; Dupuis, Christian; Gagnaison, Cyril; Iakovleva, Alina; Martin, Jeremy; Maubert, François; Prieur, Judicaël; Roche, Emile; Storme, Jean-Yves; Thomas, Romain; Tong, Haiyan; Yans, Johan; Buffetaut, Eric (29 January 2014). "First Clarkforkian Equivalent Land Mammal Age in the Latest Paleocene Basal Sparnacian Facies of Europe: Fauna, Flora, Paleoenvironment and (Bio)stratigraphy". PLOS ONE. 9 (1): e86229. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086229. ISSN 1932-6203. Retrieved 6 June 2016.


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