''Plethorodon'' is an extinct genus of
tillodont
Tillodontia is an extinct suborder of eutherian mammals known from the Early Paleocene to Late Eocene of China, the Late Paleocene to Middle Eocene of North America where they display their maximum species diversity, the Middle Eocene of Pakistan ...
that lived during Early to Late Paleocene. The type species is ''P. qianshanensis''. which known from partial skull and upper teeth that had been discovered by Huang and Zheng at 1987 at
Qianshan,
Anhui Province
Anhui is an inland province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiangxi to the south, Hub ...
, China.
References
''Plethorodon''at fossilworks
Further reading
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External links
''Plethorodon qianyshanensis''at Paleozoological museum of China official website (Chinese)
Tillodontia
Paleocene mammals
Paleogene mammals of Asia
Fossil taxa described in 1987
Prehistoric mammal genera
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