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Extinct genus of mammaliamorphs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Polistodon is an extinct genus of tritylodonts from the Bajocian or Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of China.[1] It contains one species, P. chuannanensis, which is known from a single skull from the Xiashaximiao Formation.[1] According to one study, it may be a species of the genus Stereognathus.[2]
Polistodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Tritylodontidae |
Genus: | †Polistodon He & Cai, 1984 |
Species: | †P. chuannanensis |
Binomial name | |
†Polistodon chuannanensis He & Cai, 1984 | |
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