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tillodont Palæont.|ˈtɪləʊdɒnt|
[f. mod.L. Tillodontia, f. Gr. τίλλ-ειν to pluck + ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth.]
A member of the Tillodontia, a group of extinct mammals apparently combining the characters of ungulates, rodents, and carnivora, whose remains are found in the Eocene of N. America.
[1875Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Ser. iii. IX. 221 At the last meeting of the Connecticut Academy, Feb. 17th, Professor O. C. Marsh made a communication on a new order of Eocene Mammals, for which he proposed the name Tillodontia. 1876Marsh ibid. XI. 249.] 1889Nicholson & Lydekker Palæont. II. 1408 The characters presented by the Tillodonts harmonise with the view that both the Ungulates and Rodents have been derived from a primitive Carnivorous stock. |