Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Alternative combinations: Mioclaenus turgidunculus, Oxyacodon turgidunculus, Promioclaenus turgidunculus, Tiznatzinia turgidunculus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1888. Synopsis of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Puerco Series. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 16(2):298-361
Belongs to Choeroclaenus according to T. E. Williamson 1996
See also Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Matthew 1897, Matthew 1937, Scott 1892, Simpson 1936, Simpson 1937, Van Valen 1978 and Williamson and Lucas 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Barrel Spring Arroyo (Taeniolabis Zone), which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: New Mexico collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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