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TRITEMNODON
(tri-tem-no-don)
meaning: "Three cutting tooth"
Tritemnodon
Named By: Matthew in 1906
Time Period: Eocene
Location: USA, Colorado - DeBeque Formation, Huerfano Formation, Utah - Green River Formation, Wyoming - Willwood Formation
Size: Between 100 and 160 centimetres long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Remains of multiple individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Creodonta | Hyaenodontidae | Proviverrinae |
Also known as: | Sinopa hians | Sinopa gracilis | Sinopa whitiae | Stypolophus hians | Stypolophus whitiae | Tritemnodon hians | Tritemnodon whitiae |
About

Tritemnodon was a genus of hyaeanodontid which lived 54-38 million years ago. Fossils of this animal have been found in Willwood Formation of Big Horn County and the Lower Bridger Formation of Uinta County, Wyoming. It was the size of a wolf.

Read more about Tritemnodon at Wikipedia
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