Paroxyclaenidae

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Paroxyclaenidae
Temporal range: 56.0–29.0 Ma early Eocene to middle Oligocene
fossil of Kopidodon macrognathus
fossil of Paroxyclaenus lemuroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Mirorder: Ferae
Order: †Pantolesta
Family: †Paroxyclaenidae
Weitzel, 1933[1]
Type genus
†Paroxyclaenus
Teilhard de Chardin, 1922
Genera
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Paroxyclaenidae ("near Oxyclaenus") is an extinct family of placental mammals from extinct order Pantolesta, that lived in Pakistan[2] and Europe from the early Eocene to middle Oligocene.[3][4]

Classification and phylogeny

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Taxonomy

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  • Family: †Paroxyclaenidae (Weitzel, 1933)
    • Subfamily: †Merialinae (Russell & Godinot, 1988)
      • Genus: †Fratrodon (Solé, 2019)
        • †Fratrodon tresvauxi (Solé, 2019)
      • Genus: †Merialus (Russell & Godinot, 1988)
        • †Merialus bruneti (Solé, 2019)
        • †Merialus martinae (Russell & Godinot, 1988)
      • Genus: †Paraspaniella (Solé, 2019)
        • †Paraspaniella gunnelli. (Solé, 2019)
      • Genus: †Spaniella (Crusafont-Pairo & Russell, 1968)
        • †Spaniella carezi (Crusafont-Pairo & Russell, 1968)
      • Genus: †Welcommoides (Solé, 2024)
        • †Welcommoides gurki (Solé, 2024)
    • Subfamily: †Paroxyclaeninae (Weitzel, 1933)
      • Genus: †Kopidodon (Weitzel, 1933)
        • †Kopidodon macrognathus (Wittich, 1902)
      • Genus: †Paravulpavoides (Harrison 2009)
        • †Paravulpavoides cooperi (Hooker, 1986)
      • Genus: †Paroxyclaenus (Teilhard de Chardin, 1922)
        • †Paroxyclaenus lemuroides (Teilhard de Chardin, 1922)
      • Genus: †Pugiodens (Matthes, 1952)
        • †Pugiodens mirus (Matthes, 1952)
      • Genus: †Sororodon (Solé, 2019)
        • †Sororodon tresvauxae (Solé, 2019)
      • Genus: †Vulpavoides (Matthes, 1952)
        • †Vulpavoides germanica (Matthes, 1952)
        • †Vulpavoides simplicidens (Van Valen, 1965)
        • †Vulpavoides vanvaleni (Russell & Godinot, 1988)

References

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  1. ^ Weitzel, K. (1933.) "Kopidodon macrognathus Wittitch, ein Raubtier aus dem Mitteleozän von Messel." Notizblatt des Vereins für Erdkunde und der Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt zu Darmstadt, 14, 81–88.
  2. ^ Solé, Floréal; Baqri, Syed Rafiqul Hassan; Iqbal, Nayyer; Roohi, Ghazala; Benammi, Mouloud; Crochet, Jean-Yves; De Franceschi, Dario; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Marandat, Bernard; Métais, Grégoire; Marivaux, Laurent (30 October 2024). "An unexpected late paroxyclaenid (Mammalia, Cimolesta) out of Europe: dental evidence from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills, Pakistan". Papers in Palaeontology. 10 (6). Bibcode:2024PPal...10E1599S. doi:10.1002/spp2.1599. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.
  3. ^ L. Van Valen (1967.) "New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(5):217-284
  4. ^ Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten. Paroxyclaenidae