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Prionessus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Superfamily
  
Taeniolabidoidea

Scientific name
  
Prionessus lucifer

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Multituberculata

Family
  
Lambdopsalidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Prionessus is a genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene of Central Asia. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta and superfamily Taeniolabidoidea. The genus was named by Matthew W.D. and Granger W. in 1925 and is based on a single species.

The species Prionessus lucifer was named by Matthew W.D. and Granger W. in 1925. Fossil remains have been found in the Upper Paleocene strata of Gashato, Naran and Nomogen in Bayan Ulan of Mongolia and China.

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Prionessus Wikipedia