Bisonalveus
| Bisonalveus Temporal range: Middle to Late Paleocene
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| mandibula of Bisonalveus browni | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Pantolesta |
| Family: | †Pentacodontidae |
| Genus: | †Bisonalveus Gazin, 1956 |
| Type species | |
| †Bisonalveus browni Gazin, 1956
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Bisonalveus ("animal from Bison Basin") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from family Pentacodontidae, that lived during the middle to late Paleocene. Bisonalveus fossils have been discovered in the upper Great Plains region of North America, including sites in modern-day Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, and Alberta.