Sthenodectes

Sthenodectes
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (middle Uintan),
Illustration of the type skull of Sthenodectes incisivum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: †Brontotheriidae
Genus: †Sthenodectes
Gregory, 1912
Species

S. incisivum Douglass 1909

Sthenodectes is a genus of brontothere endemic to North America.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Welsh, Edward T.; Santucci, Vincent L.; Tweet, Justin S. (2022). "A Middle Eocene brontothere (Mammalia; Perissodactyla; Brontotheriidae) from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming". FOSSIL RECORD 8. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. p. 211.
  2. ↑ Mihlbachler, Matthew C. (2008). "Species Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Biogeography of the Brontotheriidae (Mammalia: Perissodactyla)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 501: 85. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2008)501[1:STPABO]2.0.CO;2.

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