Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Periptychidae
Synonym: Zetodon Cope 1883
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. On some Mammalia of the lowest Eocene beds of New Mexico. Palaeontological Bulletin 33:484-495
Parent taxon: Periptychidae according to M. R. Atteberry and J. J. Eberle 2021
See also Archibald 1998, Carroll 1988, Cope 1881, Halliday et al. 2017, Hay 1902, Matthew 1937 and Van Valen 1978
Sister taxa: Alticonus, Ampliconus, Anisonchinae, Auraria, Beornus, Conacodon, Conacodontinae, Escatepos, Goleroconus, Hemithlaeus, Miniconus, Mithrandir, Oxyacodon, Paleoungulatum, Periptychinae, Tinuviel
Subtaxa: Anisonchus athelas Anisonchus fortunatus Anisonchus oligistus Anisonchus onostus Anisonchus sectorius Anisonchus willeyi
Type: Mioclaenus sectorius
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (49: Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 50 collections including 55 occurrences
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