Eoconodon
| Eoconodon Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Eoconodon coryphaeus skull, Denver Museum of Nature and Science | |
| Life reconstruction of Eoconodon coryphaeus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Mesonychia |
| Family: | †Triisodontidae |
| Genus: | †Eoconodon Matthew & Granger, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| †Eoconodon coryphaeus (Cope, 1885) | |
| Species | |
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Eoconodon is an extinct genus of triisodontid mesonychian that existed during the early Paleocene of North America. Characteristics of the genus include massive jaws, blunt builds, and strong canine teeth.
Individuals were about the size of a modern house cat, but were considered giant for mammals at the time.
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