Aletodon

Aletodon Temporal range: Middle Tiffanian - Clarkforkian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Family:	†Hyopsodontidae
Genus:	†Aletodon Gingerich, 1977
Type species
†Aletodon gunnelli

Aletodon is a genus of ground dwelling insectivores, now extinct. The genus flourished from around 58.7 to 55.8 Ma. It was native to Colorado, Wyoming, and western North Dakota.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

Aletodon conardae (Winterfeld, 1982)
Aletodon gunnelli (Gingerich, 1977)
Aletodon mellon (Van Valen, 1978)
Aletodon quadravus (Gingerich, 1983)

References

1 2 "†Aletodon Gingerich 1977 (elephant shrew)". Fossilworks. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
↑ Gingerich, Philip D. (December 31, 1983). "NEW ADAPISORICIDAE, PENTACODONTIDAE, AND HYOPSODONTIDAE (MAMMALIA, INSECTIVORA AND CONDYLARTHRA) FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING AND COLORADO". Museum of Paleontology. 26 (11). University of Michigan: 227–255. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
↑ Janis, Christine Marie; Scott, Kathleen Marie; Jacobs, Louis L. (1998). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 306. ISBN 0-521-35519-2. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla

Incertae sedis

†Brontotheriidae

- See Brontotheriidae

†Lambdotheriidae

†Hallensia
†Pliolophus

- See Equidae

†Palaeotheriidae

†Pachynolophinae	Anchilophus Bepitherium Eurohippus Hyracotherium Lijiangia Lophiohippus Lophiotherium Metanchilophus Orolophus Pachynolophus Paranchilophus Propalaeotherium Qianohippus
†Palaeotheriinae	Cantabrotherium Iberolophus Idiodontherium Leptolophus Mekodontherium Metaplagiolophus Palaeotherium Paraplagiolophus Plagiolophus Pseudopalaeotherium

- See below↓

Palaeotherium medium

Incertae sedis

†Skopaiolophus

†Isectolophidae (paraphyletic)

- See Ancylopoda

†Deperetellidae	Bahinolophus Cristidentinus Deperetella Diplolophodon Irenolophus Teleolophus
†Helaletidae	Colodon Desmatotherium Dilophodon Haagella Helaletes Heptodon Irdinolophus Jhagirilophus Paracolodon Plesiocolopirus Selenaletes Thuliadanta Vastanolophus
†Lophialetidae	Breviodon? Eoletes Kalakotia Lophialetes Minchenoletes Pataecops Schlosseria Simplaletes Zhongjianoletes
Tapiridae	†Eotapirus †Hesperaletes †Miotapirus †Nexuotapirus †Paratapirus †Plesiocolopirus †Plesiotapirus †Protapirus †Selenolophodon †Tapiravus †Tapiriscus Tapirus

Rhinocerotoidea

- See below↓

Heptodon posticus

Tapirus augustus

Rhinocerotoidea

Rhinocerotoidea sensu lato

†Breviodon
†Fouchia
†Minchenoletes
†Siamolophus
†Triplopus
†Yimengia

†Indolophidae

Indolophus

Rhinocerotoidea
sensu stricto

†Hyrachyus
†Selenaletes

†Eggysodontidae

†Hyracodontidae

†Amynodontidae

†Cadurcodontini	Amynodontopsis Cadurcodon Cadurcotherium Zaisanamynodon
†Metamynodontini	Megalamynodon Metamynodon Paramynodon Sellamynodon

†Paraceratheriidae

†Forstercooperiinae	Forstercooperia Gobicerops Pappaceras
†Paraceratheriinae	Aralotherium Dzungariotherium Juxia Paraceratherium Urtinotherium

- See below↓

Hyracodon nebraskensis

Paraceratherium transouralicum

†Aceratheriinae

†Elasmotheriinae

Gulfoceras Victoriaceros
†Diceratheriini	Diceratherium Penetrigonias Skinneroceras Subhyracodon Trigonias
†Elasmotheriini	Bugtirhinus Caementodon Elasmotherium Hispanotherium Iranotherium Kenyatherium Meninatherium Menoceras Ninxiatherium Ningxiatherium Ougandatherium Parelasmotherium Procoelodonta Sinotherium Tongxinotherium

†Teleoceratini

Dicerorhinini	†Coelodonta Dicerorhinus †Dihoplus †Pliorhinus †Stephanorhinus
Dicerotini	Ceratotherium Diceros †Miodiceros †Paradiceros
Rhinocerotini	†Gaindatherium †Nesorhinus Rhinoceros †Rusingaceros

Coelodonta antiquatis

Elasmotherium caucasicum

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