Hadrogeneios
Extinct Afrotherian mammal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hadrogeneios is an extinct genus of afrotherian mammal recovered from the Khouribga Phosphates of the Ouled Abdoun Basin dating from the Selandian to the Thanetian. Only the type species H. phosphaticus is known for this genus, with the material being of dental and jaw specimens. The placement of Hadrogeneios recovered it to be the most basal stem-paenungulate, the clade that includes elephants, sea cows, and hyraxes. Despite this Hadrogeneios was a contemporary of more derived members of the group such as Abdounodus, Ocepeia, and the early proboscideans Eritherium, Phosphatherium, and Daouitherium.[1]
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Hadrogeneios | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Placentalia |
Superorder: | Afrotheria |
Clade: | Paenungulatomorpha |
Genus: | †Hadrogeneios Gheerbrant, 2023 |
Type species | |
Hadrogeneios phosphaticus Gheerbrant, 2023 |
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