Palyeidodon is an extinct genus of mammal belonging to the family Toxodontidae, from the Miocene of Argentina. It contains the single species Palyeidodon obtusum.[1][2]

Palyeidodon
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Toxodontidae
Genus: Palyeidodon
Roth, 1898
Species:
P. obtusum
Binomial name
Palyeidodon obtusum
Roth, 1898

References edit

  1. ^ "Palyeidodon". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. ^ Roth, S. (1898). "Reconocimiento de la Region Andina de la República Argentina. Apuntes sobre la Geología y la Paleontología de los Territorios del Río Negro y Neuquén (Diciembre de 1895 á Junio de 1896) [Reconnaissance of the Andean Region of the Argentine Republic. Notes on the Geology and Paleontology of the Territories of the Río Negro and Neuquén (December 1895 to June 1896)]". Revista del Museo de La Plata. 9: 1–56.