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Eucosmodon

Eucosmodon
Temporal range: Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Eucosmodontidae
Genus: Eucosmodon
Matthew & Granger, 1921
Species
  • E. americanus
  • E. molestus
  • E. primus

Eucosmodon is a genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene of North America. It is a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata within the suborder of Cimolodonta, and the family Eucosmodontidae. This genus has partly also been known as Neoplagiaulax. All known fossils of this small mammal are restricted to teeth.

All known species of Eucosmodon have been found in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico (United States).


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