Oodectes ("egg biter") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.[9][10]
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Oodectes
Temporal range: 53.0–46.2 Ma early to middle Eocene |
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part of lower jaw of
Oodectes herpestoides |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Mammalia |
| Clade: |
Pan-Carnivora |
| Clade: |
Carnivoramorpha |
| Clade: |
Carnivoraformes |
| Genus: |
†Oodectes
Wortman, 1901 |
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| Type species |
†Oodectes herpestoides
Wortman, 1901 |
| Species |
- †O. herpestoides (Wortman, 1901)[1]
- †O. jepseni (Guthrie, 1967)[2]
- †O. proximus (Matthew, 1909)[3]
- †O. pugnax (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)[4]
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| Synonyms |
- Oödectes (Wortman, 1901)[misspelling]
- Paeneprolimnocyon (Guthrie, 1967)[5][6]
- Paeneprolimnocyon amissadomus (Guthrie, 1967)
- Triacodon nanus (Marsh, 1872)[7]
- Miacis jepseni (Guthrie, 1967)[8]
- Paeneprolimnocyon iudei (Guthrie, 1967)
- Prolimnocyon iudei (Guthrie, 1967)
- Uintacyon pugnax (Wortman & Matthew, 1899)
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