Ptilodontoidea
Sign in to savePtilodontoidea is a group of extinct mammals from the Northern Hemisphere. They were generally small, somewhat rodent-like creatures of the extinct order Multituberculata.
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- Multituberculata
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- Ptilodus skull BW.jpg
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- taxon name
- Ptilodontoidea
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- superfamily
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Ptilodontoidea is a group of extinct mammals from the Northern Hemisphere. They were generally small, somewhat rodent-like creatures of the extinct order Multituberculata.
Some of these genera have a great many species, though remains are generally sparse. Ptilodus is among the best known; there is a tendency to depict it as an analog of a squirrel.
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