†Oxytomodon perissum Gazin 1941 (condylarth)
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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. Its type locality is Dragon Canyon, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Dragon Canyon
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