Griphodon Anthony 1924 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: H. E. Anthony. 1924. A new fossil perissodactyl from Peru. American Museum Novitates 111:1-3

Parent taxon: Pyrotheria according to B. J. Shockey and F. Anaya-Daza 2004

See also Anthony 1924, Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Carolozittelia, Pyrotheridae, Pyrotheriidae

Subtaxa: Griphodon peruvianus

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Type: Griphodon peruvianus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Peru (4 collections)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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