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Paraxiphodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
†Xiphodontidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Artiodactyla

Rank
  
Genus

Paraxiphodon is an extinct genus of Artiodactyl (family Xiphodontidae) from the Eocene-Lower Oligocene of Europe. There are two included species, P. teulonensis and P. cournovensis. The genus demonstrated the continued existence of xiphodonts into at least the Lower Oligocene.

References

Paraxiphodon Wikipedia