Paressonodon is an extinct genus of multituberculate which existed in western North America during the end of the Cretaceous period.[1] It contains the species Paressonodon nelsoni. Fossils are known from the Laramie Formation of Colorado and the Lance Formation of Wyoming.[2]
| Paressonodon Temporal range: Late Maastrichtian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Family: | †Neoplagiaulacidae |
| Genus: | †Paressonodon Wilson et al., 2010 |
References
edit- ^ Gregory P. Wilson, Marieke Dechesne & Ingrid R. Anderson (2010). "New Late Cretaceous mammals from northeastern Colorado with biochronologic and biogeographic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 499–520. doi:10.1080/02724631003620955. S2CID 92991955.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
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