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Sthenodectes

Sthenodectes is a genus of brontothere endemic to North America.

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Sthenodectes
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (middle Uintan),
Illustration of the type skull of Sthenodectes incisivum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Brontotheriidae
Genus: Sthenodectes
Gregory, 1912
Species

S. incisivum Douglass 1909

Sthenodectes is a genus of brontothere endemic to North America.2

References

References

  1. Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Welsh, Edward T.; Santucci, Vincent L.; Tweet, Justin S. (2022). "A Middle Eocene brontothere (Mammalia; Perissodactyla; Brontotheriidae) from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming". FOSSIL RECORD 8. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. p. 211.
  2. Mihlbachler, Matthew C. (2008). "Species Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 501: 85. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2008)501[1:STPABO]2.0.CO;2.