Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Periptychidae
Full reference: J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):49-117
Parent taxon: Periptychidae according to M. R. Atteberry and J. J. Eberle 2021
See also Eberle and Lillegraven 1998 and McComas and Eberle 2016
Sister taxa: Ampliconus, Anisonchinae, Anisonchus, Auraria, Beornus, Conacodon, Conacodontinae, Escatepos, Goleroconus, Hemithlaeus, Miniconus, Mithrandir, Oxyacodon, Paleoungulatum, Periptychinae, Tinuviel
Subtaxa: Alticonus gazini
Type: Alticonus gazini
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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