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Aletodon

Aletodon is a genus of ground dwelling insectivores, now extinct. The genus flourished from around 58.7 to 55.8 Ma. It was native to Colorado, Wyoming, and western North Dakota.

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Aletodon
Temporal range: Middle Tiffanian - Clarkforkian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Family: †Hyopsodontidae
Genus: †Aletodon
Gingerich, 19771
Type species
†Aletodon gunnelli

Aletodon is a genus of ground dwelling insectivores, now extinct. The genus flourished from around 58.7 to 55.8 Ma.1 It was native to Colorado, Wyoming, and western North Dakota.2

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:3

  • Aletodon conardae (Winterfeld, 1982)
  • Aletodon gunnelli (Gingerich, 1977)
  • Aletodon mellon (Van Valen, 1978)
  • Aletodon quadravus (Gingerich, 1983)
References

References

  1. "†Aletodon Gingerich 1977 (elephant shrew)". Fossilworks. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  2. Gingerich, Philip D. (December 31, 1983). "NEW ADAPISORICIDAE, PENTACODONTIDAE, AND HYOPSODONTIDAE (MAMMALIA, INSECTIVORA AND CONDYLARTHRA) FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING AND COLORADO". Museum of Paleontology. 26 (11). University of Michigan: 227–255. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. Janis, Christine Marie; Scott, Kathleen Marie; Jacobs, Louis L. (1998). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 306. ISBN 0-521-35519-2. Retrieved 11 June 2014.