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Greniodon

Greniodon is a genus of extinct gondwanatherian mammal known from the Early to Middle Eocene of Argentina. A single species, Greniodon sylvaticus, is known, described in 2012 on the basis of two teeth found in the Andesitas Huancache Formation.

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Greniodon
Temporal range: Mid Eocene (Mustersan-Divisaderan)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Gondwanatheria
Genus: Greniodon
Goin et al., 2012
Type species
Greniodon sylvaticus
Goin et al., 2012

Greniodon is a genus of extinct gondwanatherian mammal known from the Early to Middle Eocene (Lutetian age, Mustersan to Divisaderan in the SALMA classification) of Argentina. A single species, Greniodon sylvaticus, is known, described in 2012 on the basis of two teeth found in the Andesitas Huancache Formation.12

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  1. Greniodon at Fossilworks.org
  2. Goin, Francisco J.; Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Chornogubsky, Laura; López, Guillermo M.; Gelfo, Javier N.; Bond, Mariano; Woodburne, Michael O.; Gurovich, Yamila; Reguero, Marcelo (2012). "Persistence of a Mesozoic, non-therian mammalian lineage (Gondwanatheria) in the mid-Paleogene of Patagonia". Naturwissenschaften. 99 (6): 449–463. Bibcode:2012NW.....99..449G. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0919-z. PMID 22584426.