Tritemnodon

Tritemnodon
Temporal range: 50.3–46.2 Ma
Early Eocene
Restoration of Tritemnodon agilis
Tritemnodon agilis skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Hyaenodonta
Genus: Tritemnodon
Matthew, 1906[1]
Type species
Tritemnodon agilis
Marsh, 1872[3]
Species
  • T. agilis (Marsh, 1872)
  • T. sp. [FMNH PM 55839] (Tomiya, 2021)[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • T. agilis:
    • Limnocyon agilis (Marsh, 1872)
    • Sinopa agilis (Matthew, 1901)[4]
    • Sinopa brevicalcaratus (Cope, 1872)[5]
    • Sinopa gracilis (Wortman, 1902)[6]
    • Stypolophus agilis
    • Stypolophus brevicolcarabus (Cope, 1872)
    • Stypolophus brevicalcaratus (Cope, 1872)

Tritemnodon ("three cutting teeth") was an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct order Hyaenodonta, that lived in North America during the early Eocene.[7][8] Fossils of Tritemnodon agilis have been found in Utah and Wyoming (Willwood Formation of Big Horn County and the Lower Bridger Formation of Uinta County). It was the size of a wolf.

References

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  1. ^ Matthew, W. D. (1906.) "The Osteology of Sinopa, a Creodont Mammal of the Middle Eocene." Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXX, pp. 203-233, pl. XVI
  2. ^ Tomiya, S.; Zack, S. P.; Spaulding, M.; Flynn, J. J. (2021). "Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (Supplement S82): 1–115. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.74. hdl:2433/274918.
  3. ^ O. C. Marsh (1872.) "Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II." American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224
  4. ^ Matthew, W. D. (1901.) "Additional observations on the Creodonta." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 14: 1-38
  5. ^ E. D. Cope (1872.) "Third account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene of Wyoming Valley." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-4
  6. ^ J. L. Wortman (1902.) "Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum." The American Journal of Science, series 4 13:433-448
  7. ^ Gingerich, Philip D.; Harvey A. Deutsch (1989). "Systematics and evolution of early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming". Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 27 (13): 327–391.
  8. ^ Naoko Eg (2004.) "A new genus and species of hyaenodontid creodont from the Pondaung Formation (Eocene, Myanmar)" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2): 502–506 doi:10.1671/2481