Lohoodon
Lohoodon is a genus of hapalodectid mesonychians which lived during the middle Eocene. Fossils of Lohoodon are found in middle Eocene-aged strata of China and Pakistan.[1]
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| Honanodon and Lohoodon, two small otter-like creatures in the water | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Mesonychia |
| Family: | †Hapalodectidae |
| Genus: | †Lohoodon |
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Species
- Genus Lohoodon
- L. lushiensis
References
- Xiaoyuan Zhou, Renjie Zhai, Gingerich, P. D., & Liezu Chen. (1995). Skull of a New Mesonychid (Mammalia, Mesonychia) from the Late Paleocene of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(2), 387–400. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4523638
External links
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| Triisodontidae |  | |
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| Hapalodectidae | ||
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