Stylinodon
| Stylinodon Temporal range: early to middle Eocene | |
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| life restoration of Stylinodon mirus | |
| skull of Stylinodon mirus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Taeniodonta |
| Family: | †Stylinodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Stylinodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Stylinodontini Marsh, 1875 |
| Genus: | †Stylinodon Marsh, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| †Stylinodon mirus Marsh, 1874 | |
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Stylinodon ("tooth with pilar-like fibers") is an extinct genus of taeniodonts from extinct tribe Stylinodontini within subfamily Stylinodontinae and family Stylinodontidae, that lived in North America from early to middle Eocene.
With a weight between 54.9 kg (121 lb) and 109 kg (240 lb), and length of 1.30 m (4 ft 3 in), it had similar size to a pig. The skull suggests it had a blunt face, and a very short snout. Its canines had developed into huge, incisor-like root-less teeth. Stylinodon's molars were covered in enamel and continued growing throughout its life. Most likely, it fed on rough roots and tubers.