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Meiostylodon

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Meiostylodon
Temporal range:Paleocene,66–61.7Ma
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Meiostylodon

Wang, 1975
Binomial name
Meiostylodon zaoshiensis
Wang, 1975

Meiostylodonis an extinct genus oftillodontthat lived duringPaleocene.The lone type species,M. zaoshiensis,is known only from three isolated teeth found atZaoshi,Chaling County,Hunan Provincein thePeople's Republic of China.[1]These isolated fossil teeth are stored at thePaleozoological Museum of China.

References[edit]

  1. ^B.-Y. Wang. 1975. Paleocene mammals of Chaling Basin, Hunan.Vertebrata PalAsiatica13(3):154-162