Hemithlaeus josephi Van Valen 1978 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Periptychidae

Alternative combination: Oxyacodon josephi

Full reference: L. M. Van Valen. 1978. The beginning of the Age of Mammals. Evolutionary Theory 4:45-80

Belongs to Hemithlaeus according to J. D. Archibald et al. 1983

See also Van Valen 1978

Sister taxon: Hemithlaeus kowalevskianus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mantua Lentil, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mantua Lentil

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