Paraentelodon

Paraentelodon Temporal range: Oligocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Entelodontidae
Genus:	†Paraentelodon
Species:	†P. macrognathus
Binomial name
Paraentelodon macrognathus

Paraentelodon macrognathus is an extinct entelodont from the Late Oligocene of Asia.^[1]

It was very similar in size and form to the giant entelodont, Daeodon, of early Miocene North America. Some researchers suggest that it was either ancestral to, or shared an ancestor with Daeodon. As with other entelodonts, it was an omnivore that had large teeth that enabled it to crush bone and dig for tubers like its North American cousins.

Taxonomy

Paraentelodon was named by Gabunia (1964). It was assigned to Entelodontidae by Carroll (1988).

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