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Oodectes
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oodectes ("egg biter") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.[9][10]
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Oodectes | |
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part of lower jaw of Oodectes herpestoides | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
Genus: | †Oodectes Wortman, 1901 |
Type species | |
†Oodectes herpestoides Wortman, 1901 | |
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