Pentacodontidae

Pentacodontidae
Temporal range: early to late Paleocene
mandibula of Aphronorus fraudator
mandibula of Bisonalveus browni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Mirorder: Ferae (?)
Order: †Pantolesta
Family: †Pentacodontidae
Simpson, 1937
Type genus
†Pentacodon
Scott, 1892
Genera
  • †Aphronorus
  • †Bisonalveus
  • †Coriphagus
  • †Eurolestes
  • †Pentacodon
Synonyms
  • Pentacodontinae (Simpson, 1937)

Pentacodontidae ("teeth with five points") is an extinct family of placental mammals from extinct order Pantolesta, that lived in North America and Europe from the early to late Paleocene.

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