Protoselene griphus Gazin 1939 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Alternative combination: Dracoclaenus griphus

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1939. A further contribution to the Dragon Paleocene fauna of central Utah. Journal of Washington Academy of Sciences 29(7):273-286

Belongs to Protoselene according to T. E. Williamson 1996

See also Gazin 1939, Gazin 1941, Robison 1986 and Williamson and Lucas 1993

Sister taxa: Protoselene ashtoni, Protoselene novissimus, Protoselene opisthacus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dragon Canyon, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: New Mexico, Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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