Oxyacodon apiculatus Osborn and Earle 1895 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Periptychidae

Belongs to Oxyacodon according to Osborn and Earle 1895

See also Hay 1902 and Matthew 1897

Sister taxa: Oxyacodon agapetillus, Oxyacodon ferronensis, Oxyacodon marshater, Oxyacodon priscilla

Type specimen: AMNH 816, a mandible (crushed left dentary with p4-m2). Its type locality is Barrel Spring Arroyo (Taeniolabis Zone), which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (6: Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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