Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Periptychidae
Alternative combination: Anisonchus agapetillus
Synonym: Fimbrethil ambaronae Van Valen 1978
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. Second addition to the knowledge of the Puerco Epoch. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 21(114):309-324
Belongs to Oxyacodon according to J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven 1998
See also Archibald 1982, Archibald et al. 1983, Cope 1884, Hay 1902, Matthew 1897, Matthew 1937, Simpson 1937, Van Valen 1978, Williamson 1996 and Williamson and Lucas 1993
Sister taxa: Oxyacodon apiculatus, Oxyacodon ferronensis, Oxyacodon marshater, Oxyacodon priscilla
Type specimens:
- Oxyacodon agapetillus: AMNH 3557, a mandible (fragment of right dentary containing m1-2)
- Fimbrethil ambaronae: Its type locality is Mammalon Hill, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (4: New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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