Greniodon
Temporal range: Mid Eocene (Mustersan-Divisaderan)
~48.6–40.4 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
†Gondwanatheria
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
†Greniodon

Goin et al. 2012
Species:
G. sylvaticus
Binomial name
Greniodon sylvaticus
Goin et al. 2012

Greniodon is a genus of extinct gondwanatherian mammal known from the Early to Middle Eocene (Lutetian age, Mustersan to Divisaderan in the SALMA classification) of Argentina. A single species, Greniodon sylvaticus, is known, described in 2012 on the basis of two teeth found in the Andesitas Huancache Formation.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Greniodon at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Goin, Francisco J.; Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Chornogubsky, Laura; López, Guillermo M.; Gelfo, Javier N.; Bond, Mariano; Woodburne, Michael O.; Gurovich, Yamila; Reguero, Marcelo (2012). "Persistence of a Mesozoic, non-therian mammalian lineage (Gondwanatheria) in the mid-Paleogene of Patagonia". Naturwissenschaften. 99 (6): 449–463. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0919-z. PMID 22584426.


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