Mioclaenus Cope 1881 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. On some Mammalia of the lowest Eocene beds of New Mexico. Palaeontological Bulletin 33:484-495

Parent taxon: Hyopsodontidae according to T. E. Williamson and A. Weil 2011

See also Archibald 1998, Cope 1881, Cope 1882, Hay 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Zack et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Asiohyopsodus, Bubogonia, Chacomylus, Choeroclaenus, Hyopsodontinae, Hyopsodus, Lessnessina, Litaletes, Midiagnus, Molinodus, Pleuraspidotheriinae, Promioclaenus, Protoselene, Tricuspiodontinae, Valenia, Yuodon, Kollpaniinae, Mioclaeninae, Pascualodus, Tiznatzinia, Bomburodon

Subtaxa: Mioclaenus baldwini Mioclaenus turgidus

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (20: New Mexico, Wyoming collections)

Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences

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