Stylinodon

Taxobox
name = "Stylinodon"

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image_caption = "Stylinodon mirus"
image_width = 290px
fossil_range = Early to Middle Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = †Cimolesta
subordo = †Taeniodonta
familia = †Stylinodontidae
subfamilia = †Stylinodontinae
genus = †"Stylinodon"
genus_authority = Marsh, 1874
type_species = †"Stylinodon mirus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =†"S. inexplicatus" †"S. mirus"

"Stylinodon" is an extinct genus of taeniodont mammal, and is the best known, and last genus of taeniodonts, lived some 45 million years ago during middle Eocene in North America.

The skull suggests it had a blunt face, and a very short snout. Species ranged in size from pigs to leopards, reached a body mass of up to 80 kg. Its canines had developed into huge, incisor-like root-less teeth. "Stylinodon"'s molars were covered in enamel and continued growing throughout its life. Most likely, it fed on rough roots and tubers.

External links

* [http://www.paleocurrents.com/utah_field_house/2002_10_15ufh/HTML/146-4626_img.htm] Photograph of skull at Utah Field House of Natural History Museum, at Vernal, Utah