Paraentelodon

Paraentelodon
Temporal range: Oligocene (Rupelian to Chattian)
Paraentelodon intermedium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Entelodontidae
Genus: †Paraentelodon
Gabunia, 1964
Species:
†P. intermedium
Binomial name
†Paraentelodon intermedium
Gabunia, 1964
Synonyms
  • Neoentelodon dzhungaricus Aubekerova 1969
  • Paraentelodon macrognathus Qiu et al. 1990

Paraentelodon is an extinct entelodont from the Late Oligocene of Asia. The fossils of the type species P. intermedium were found in Georgia, Kazakhstan and China. An indeterminate species represents in Bugti Hills which is the late Oligocene of Pakistan.

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