Morlodon is an extinct genus of proviverrine hyaenodont found in what is now Europe during the Ypresian Age. It is a monotypic genus that contains a single species, M. vellerei.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Subfamily: | †Proviverrinae |
| Genus: | †Morlodon Solé, 2013 |
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| †Morlodon vellerei Solé, 2013
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References
edit- ^ Solé, Floréal (11 December 2012). "New proviverrine genus from the Early Eocene of Europe and the first phylogeny of Late Palaeocene–Middle Eocene hyaenodontidans (Mammalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (4): 375–398. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.686927. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.