Ocepeia daouiensis Gheerbrant et al. 2001 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: E. Gheerbrant, J. Sudre, M. Iarochene and A. Moumni. 2001. First ascertained African "condylarth" mammals (primitive ungulates: cf. Bulbulodentata and cf. Phenacodonta) from the earliest Ypresian of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):107-118

Belongs to Ocepeia according to E. Gheerbrant et al. 2014

See also Gheerbrant et al. 2001

Sister taxon: Ocepeia grandis

Type specimen: CPSGM-MA1, a mandible (fragment of right dentary). Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin (lowermost bed 1), which is in a Selandian marine phosphorite in Morocco.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Morocco (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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