Paressonodon

Paressonodon
Temporal range: Late Maastrichtian,
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Multituberculata
Family: †Neoplagiaulacidae
Genus: †
Wilson et al., 2010

Paressonodon is an extinct genus of multituberculate which existed in western North America during the end of the Cretaceous period.[1] It contains the species Paressonodon nelsoni. Fossils are known from the Laramie Formation of Colorado and the Lance Formation of Wyoming.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gregory P. Wilson, Marieke Dechesne & Ingrid R. Anderson (2010). "New Late Cretaceous mammals from northeastern Colorado with biochronologic and biogeographic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 499–520. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..499W. doi:10.1080/02724631003620955. S2CID 92991955.
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.


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