Plaisiodon

Plaisiodon is an extinct genus of Zygomaturinae from the late Miocene Alcoota Fossil Beds in the Northern Territory, Australia. Because of its robust skull it has been suggested that it consumed relatively hard or coarse vegetation (Long et al., 2002).

Plaisiodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Plaisiodon
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P. centralis
Binomial name
Plaisiodon centralis
Woodburne, 1967

References

    • Long, J., Archer, M., Flannery, T., & Hand, S. (2002) Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One hundred million years of evolution. University of New South Wales Press (page 96-97)


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