Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Periptychidae
Full reference: J. D. Archibald, R. M. Schoch, and J. K. Rigby, Jr. 1983. A new subfamily, Conacodontinae, and new species, Conacodon kohlbergeri, of the Periptychidae (Condylarthra, Mammalia). Postilla 191:1-24
Parent taxon: Periptychidae according to L. N. Weaver et al. 2024
See also Archibald 1998, Archibald et al. 1983 and Halliday et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Alticonus, Ampliconus, Anisonchinae, Anisonchus, Auraria, Beornus, Conacodon, Escatepos, Goleroconus, Hemithlaeus, Miniconus, Mithrandir, Oxyacodon, Paleoungulatum, Periptychinae, Tinuviel
Subtaxa: Militocodon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: California, Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence