Choeroclaenus turgidunculus Cope 1888

Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

Alternative combinations: Mioclaenus turgidunculus, Oxyacodon turgidunculus, Promioclaenus turgidunculus, Tiznatzinia turgidunculus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1888. Synopsis of the Vertebrate Fauna of the Puerco Series. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 16(2):298-361

Belongs to Choeroclaenus according to T. E. Williamson 1996

See also Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Matthew 1897, Matthew 1937, Scott 1892, Simpson 1936, Simpson 1937, Van Valen 1978 and Williamson and Lucas 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Barrel Spring Arroyo (Taeniolabis Zone), which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (4: New Mexico collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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