prionessus

Prionessus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum	Therapsida
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Multituberculata
Superfamily:	Taeniolabidoidea
Genus:	*Prionessus*

Species

P. lucifer

Prionessus is a genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene of Central Asia. It was a relatively large member of the extinct order of Multituberculata. This animal is within the suborder of Cimolodonta, and a member of the superfamily Taeniolabidoidea. The genus was named by Matthew W.D. and Granger W. in 1925. Species: Prionessus lucifer Matthew W.D. and Granger W., 1925. It has been found in the Upper Paleocene of Gashato, Naran and Nomogen, Bayan Ulan
Country: Mongolia and China

References

Matthew and Granger (1925), Fauna and Correlation of the Gashato Formation of Mongolia. Am. Museum Novitates, 189, p.1-12.
Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of Multituberculate Mammals. Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
Much of this information has been derived from http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/Taenio.htm MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Eucosmodontidae, Microcosmodontidae and Taeniolabidoidea, an Internet directory.

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