Oxytomodon perissum Gazin 1941

Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

Alternative combination: Litomylus perissus

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1941. The mammalian faunas of the Paleocene of central Utah, with notes on the geology. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 91(3121):1-53

Belongs to Oxytomodon according to T. E. Williamson 1996

See also Cifelli et al. 1999, Gazin 1941, Robison 1986, Tomida 1981 and Van Valen 1978

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 16183, a mandible

Distribution: found only at Dragon Canyon (Paleocene of Utah)

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