Periconodon helveticus Rütimeyer 1891

Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

Alternative combination: Pelycodus helveticus

Belongs to Periconodon according to J. L. Franzen 2004

See also Godinot 1998, Schwartz and Tattersall 1983 and Tattersall and Schwartz 1983

Sister taxa: Periconodon helleri, Periconodon huerzeleri, Periconodon jaegeri, Periconodon lemoinei

Type specimen: BNM Ef 366, a maxilla (partial left maxilla containing M1-2). Its type locality is Egerkingen, Huppersand fissure, which is in a Bartonian fissure fill horizon in Switzerland.

Distribution: found only at Egerkingen, Huppersand fissure

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