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''Pleuraspidotherium'' is an extinct
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
condylarth Condylarthra is an informal group – previously considered an Order (biology), order – of extinct placental mammals, known primarily from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs. They are considered early, primitive ungulates and is now largely consid ...
of the
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Pleuraspidotheriidae Pleuraspidotheriidae is a family of "condylarths" that lived in Europe from the Palaeocene to the Mid Eocene. References

{{Taxonbar, from= Q6080673 Condylarths Paleocene mammals Eocene extinctions Prehistoric mammal families Eocene mamma ...
, whose fossils have been found in the
Late Paleocene The Thanetian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS Geologic timescale, the latest age (geology), age or uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Paleocene epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), Serie ...
Marnes de Montchenot of France and the
Tremp Formation The Tremp Formation (, ), alternatively described as Tremp Group (), is a geological Formation (geology), formation in the comarca Pallars Jussà, Lleida Province, Lleida, Spain. The formation is restricted to the Tremp-Graus Basin, Tremp or T ...
of modern
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
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Condylarths Thanetian life Paleocene mammals of Europe Paleogene France Fossils of France Paleogene Spain Fossils of Spain Tremp Formation Fossil taxa described in 1878 Prehistoric placental genera {{paleo-mammal-stub