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Palaeosinopa

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Genus of mammals

Palaeosinopa
Temporal range: 50–40 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Eocene
Fossil from Wyoming
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cimolesta
Family: Pantolestidae
Subfamily: Pantolestinae
Genus: Palaeosinopa
Matthew 1901
Restoration

Palaeosinopa is an extinct genus of semi-aquatic, non-placental eutherian mammals belonging to the family Pantolestidae. Their diet consisted of other semi-aquatic life forms.

References

  1. Gingerich, P. D. (1980). "A New Species of Palaeosinopa (Insectivora: Pantolestidae) from the Late Paleocene of Western North America". Journal of Mammalogy. 61 (3): 449. doi:10.2307/1379838. JSTOR 1379838.
Eutheria
Synapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Eutheria
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Eutheria
Eutheria
Adapisoriculidae
Asioryctitheria
Cimolestidae
Didymoconidae
Horolodectidae
Leptictida
Gypsonictopidae
Pseudorhyncocyonidae
Leptictidae
Palaeoryctidae
Pantolesta
Paroxyclaenidae
Pantolestidae
Taeniodonta
Conoryctidae
Onychodectidae
Stylinodontidae
Tillodontia
Zalambdalestidae
Zhelestidae
Pantodonta
Placentalia
Leptictidium nasutum

Palaeosinopa didelphoides Wortmania otariidens

Zalambdalestes lechei
Taxon identifiers
Palaeosinopa
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