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Lohoodon

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Lohoodon
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Honanodon and Lohoodon, two small otter-like creatures in the water
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Mesonychia
Family: Hapalodectidae
Genus: Lohoodon
Species
  • L. lushiensis

Lohoodon is a genus of hapalodectid mesonychians which lived during the middle Eocene. Fossils of Lohoodon are found in middle Eocene-aged strata of China and Pakistan.[1]

Species

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  • Genus Lohoodon
    • L. lushiensis

References

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  1. ^ Xiaoyuan Zhou, Renjie Zhai, Gingerich, P. D., & Liezu Chen. (1995). Skull of a New Mesonychid (Mammalia, Mesonychia) from the Late Paleocene of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(2), 387–400. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4523638
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