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Paressonodon

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Paressonodon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Neoplagiaulacidae
Genus: Paressonodon
Wilson et al., 2010

Paressonodon is an extinct genus of multituberculate which existed in Colorado during the late Cretaceous period.[1] It contains the species Paressonodon nelsoni.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory P. Wilson, Marieke Dechesne & Ingrid R. Anderson (2010). "New Late Cretaceous mammals from northeastern Colorado with biochronologic and biogeographic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 499–520. doi:10.1080/02724631003620955. S2CID 92991955.