Phenacodus

Phenacodus
Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Middle Eocene
P. primaevus at the AMNH, collected from Bighorn Basin, Wyoming.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: Phenacodontidae
Subfamily: Phenacodontinae
Genus: Phenacodus
Cope, 1873
Species[1]
  • P. bisonensis
  • P. condali
  • P. grangeri
  • P. intermedius
  • P. lemoinei
  • P. magnus
  • P. matthewi
  • P. primaevus (type species)
  • P. teilhardi
  • P. trilobatus
  • P. vortmani
Synonyms

Trispondylus Cope, 1884

Phenacodus (Greek: "deception" (phenax), "tooth' (odus)[2]) is an extinct genus of mammals from the late Paleocene through middle Eocene, about 55 million years ago. It is one of the earliest and most primitive of the ungulates, typifying the family Phenacodontidae and the order Perissodactyla.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Thewissen, J.G.M. (1990). "Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae". University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology. 29: 1–107.
  2. ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.