Ocepeia Gheerbrant et al. 2001 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: E. Gheerbrant, J. Sudre, M. Iarochene and A. Moumni. 2001. First ascertained African "condylarth" mammals (primitive ungulates: cf. Bulbulodentata and cf. Phenacodonta) from the earliest Ypresian of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):107-118

Parent taxon: Paenungulatomorpha according to E. Gheerbrant et al. 2016

See also Gheerbrant et al. 2014 and Gheerbrant et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Abdounodus, Hadrogeneios, Paenungulata

Subtaxa: Ocepeia daouiensis Ocepeia grandis

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Type: Ocepeia daouiensis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Morocco (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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