Biology:Hukoutherium

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Hukoutherium
Temporal range: Paleocene-Eocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Mesonychia
Family: Mesonychidae
Genus: Hukoutherium
Chow, Chang, Wang & Ting, 1973
Species
  • H. ambigum
  • H. shimemensis

Hukoutherium is an extinct genus of mesonychid which lived during the middle Paleocene in Asia and was named by Chow. The genus became extinct during the Eocene.

Hukoutherium is known from a mandible with incisors, canines, and broken dentaries, a crushed crania and fragmentary bones.

Species

  • Genus Hukoutherium
    • Hukoutherium ambigum
    • Hukoutherium shimemensis

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5935442 entry