Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Periptychidae
Full reference: L. N. Weaver, J. W. Crowell, S. G. B. Chester and T. R. Lyson. 2024. Skull of a new periptychid mammal from the lower Paleocene Denver Formation of Colorado (Corral Bluffs, El Paso County). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 31:16:1-26
Belongs to Militocodon according to L. N. Weaver et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DMNH EPV.13618, a partial skull (partial skull, includ- ing posterior maxillae and dentaries, RP/p4–M/m3 and LP/ p3–M/m3, and partial neuro- and basicranium). Its type locality is Corral Bluffs (DMNH 18898), which is in a Puercan fluvial horizon in the Denver Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Corral Bluffs (DMNH 18898)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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