Orthaspidotherium

Orthaspidotherium was a European Paleocene genus of early herbivorous mammals of the family Pleuraspidotheriidae.^[1] It was included in the family Meniscotheriidae by Teilhard de Chardin in 1921-1922 and was subsequently separated into the family Pleuraspidotheriidae, before being placed in the family Phenacodontidae.^[2] The first complete skull of O. edwardsi was described in 2010, and the same paper once again places it in Pleuraspidotheriidae.^[1][3] A 2017 study further reiterates this view.^[4]

Orthaspidotherium Temporal range: Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Condylarthra
Family:	†Pleuraspidotheriidae
Genus:	†Orthaspidotherium Lemoine, 1885
Species:	†O. edwardsi
Binomial name
†Orthaspidotherium edwardsi Lemoine, 1885