Proentelodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of Artiodactyls}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = ''Proentelodon'' | fossil_range = Middle Eocene | taxon = Proentelodon | type_species_authority = Vislobokova, 2008 | type_species = †'''''Proentelodon minutus''''' }}

'''''Proentelodon''''' is an extinct genus of entelodont artiodactyl from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia. ''P. minutus'' is the oldest representative of the family Entelodontidae, ''P. minutus'' gen. et sp. nov, is described from the Middle Eocene Khaichin Ula II Fauna in Mongolia.<ref name=LinkSpringer>{{cite journal|last1=Vislobokova|first1=I. A.|title=The oldest representative of Entelodontoidea (Artiodactyla, Suiformes) from the Middle Eocene of Khaichin Ula II, Mongolia, and some evolutionary features of this superfamily|journal=Paleontological Journal|date=October 2008|volume=42|issue=6|pages=643–654|doi=10.1134/s0031030108060105}}</ref> The placement of the genus in the entelodonts has been questioned by other authors, but its placement as related to the group has been supported by some cladistic analyses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yu |first=Yang |last2=Gao |first2=Hongyan |last3=Li |first3=Qiang |last4=Ni |first4=Xijun |date=2023-01-01 |title=A new entelodont (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the late Eocene of China and its phylogenetic implications |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2023.2189436 |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |language=en |volume=21 |issue=1 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2023.2189436 |issn=1477-2019|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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Category:Entelodonts Category:Eocene Artiodactyla Category:Fossils of Mongolia Category:Fossil taxa described in 2008 Category:Monotypic prehistoric Artiodactyla genera