Phenacolophus Matthew and Granger 1925 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Phenacolophidae

Synonym: Procoryphodon Flerow 1957

Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1925. Fauna and correlation of the Gashato Formation of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 189:1-12

Parent taxon: Phenacolophidae according to F.-Y. Mao et al. 2015

See also Carroll 1988, Flerow 1957, Matthew and Granger 1925, McKenna and Manning 1977 and Zhang 1978

Sister taxa: Ganolophus, Minchenella, Sanshuilophus, Tienshanilophus, Yuelophus, Zaisanolophus

Subtaxa: Phenacolophus fallax

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Type: Phenacolophus fallax

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Gashato (AMNH) (Paleocene of Mongolia)

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