''Pleuraspidotherium'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of condylarth of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Pleuraspidotheriidae Pleuraspidotheriidae is a family of "condylarths Condylarthra is an informal group – previously considered an order – of extinct placental mammals, known primarily from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs. They are considered early, primitive ...

, whose fossils have been found in the Late Paleocene Marnes de Montchenot of France and the Tremp Formation of modern

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References

Condylarths Thanetian life Paleocene mammals of Europe Paleogene France Fossils of France Paleogene Spain Fossils of Spain Tremp Formation Fossil taxa described in 1878 Prehistoric placental genera {{paleo-mammal-stub