Meiostylodon

Meiostylodon
Temporal range: Paleocene, 66–61.7 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Tillodontia
Genus: †Meiostylodon
Wang, 1975
Species:
†M. zaoshiensis
Binomial name
†Meiostylodon zaoshiensis
Wang, 1975

Meiostylodon is an extinct genus of tillodont that lived during Paleocene. The lone type species, Meiostylodon zaoshiensis, is known only from three isolated teeth found at Zaoshi, Chaling County, Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China. These isolated fossil teeth are stored at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

References

  1. ↑ B.-Y. Wang. 1975. Paleocene mammals of Chaling Basin, Hunan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13(3):154-162