''Stylinodon'' ("tooth with pilar-like fibers")
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
taeniodonts from extinct tribe Stylinodontini within subfamily
Stylinodontinae
Stylinodontinae ("teeth with pilar-like fibers") is an extinct subfamily of mammals from extinct family Stylinodontidae, that lived in North America from the early Paleocene to middle Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), ...
and family
Stylinodontidae
Stylinodontidae ("teeth with pilar-like fibers") is an extinct family of mammals from extinct superfamily Stylinodontoidea within extinct order Taeniodonta, that lived in North America from the early Paleocene to middle Eocene
The Eocene ( ...
, that lived in
North America
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from early to middle
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
.
[Schoch, Robert M. (1986.]
"Systematics, functional morphology and macroevolution of the extinct mammalian order Taeniodonta."
Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, (42).[S. G. Lucas, R. M. Schoch, and T. E. Williamson (1998.]
"Taeniodonta".
In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.)
"Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals"
Cambridge University Press, 703 pages
With a weight between and ,
and length of ,
it had similar size to a
pig. The skull suggests it had a blunt face, and a very short snout. Its
canines had developed into huge,
incisor-like root-less
teeth. ''Stylinodons
molars were covered in
enamel and continued growing throughout its life. Most likely, it fed on rough roots and tubers.
Phylogeny
References
External links
Photograph of skull at
Utah Field House of Natural History Museum, at
Vernal, Utah
Taeniodonta
Eocene mammals of North America
Fossil taxa described in 1874
Prehistoric mammal genera
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