Pectinodon was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America and Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Wyoming, Montana and Navoiy Region (Uzbekistan).
Quick facts about Pectinodon:
- Existed from Upper Cretaceous Epoch to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a omnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 8 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Pectinodon was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. E. Wood and J. B. S. Ormsbee. 1954. Notes on mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Lance Formation of Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 28(1):26-31
- J. D. Archibald. 1982. A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122:1-286
- L. A. Nessov. 1985. Redkie kostnye ryby, nazemiye yashcheritsy i mlekopitayushchie zony limanov i primorskikh nizmennostey mela Kyzylkumov [Rare bony fishes, terrestrial lizards, and mammals in the estuarine and coastal lowland zone of the Kyzyl-Kum Cretaceous]. Yearbook of the All-Union Paleontological Association 28:199-219
