Oxyacodon

Oxyacodon
Oxyacodon
Temporal range: 65–63 Ma
↓
Early Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Condylarthra
Family: Periptychidae
Genus: Oxyacodon
Osborn and Earle, 1895
Species
  • O. agapetillus
    (Cope, 1884)
  • O. apiculatus (type)
    Osborn and Earle, 1895
  • O. archibaldi
    Middleton and Dewar, 2004
  • O. ferronensis
    Archibald et al., 1983
  • O. marshater
    Van Valen, 1978
  • O. priscilla
    Matthew, 1937

Oxyacodon is an extinct genus of condylarth of the family Periptychidae endemic to North America during the Early Paleocene living from 65—63.3 mya, existing for approximately 1.7 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Oxyacodon was named by Osborn and Earle (1895). Its type is Oxyacodon apiculatus. It was assigned to Periptychidae by Osborn and Earle (1895) and Carroll (1988); and to Conacodontinae by Archibald (1998), Eberle (2003) and Middleton and Dewar (2004).

Fossils have been found dating back to the Puercan stage in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and Saskatchewan.

References

  1. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Oxyacodon, basic info
  • Archibald, J.D., Rigby,J.K. Jr., and Robison, S.F.(1983). Systematic revision of Oxyacodon (Condylarthra, Periptychidae) and a description of O. ferronensis n. sp. Journal of Paleontology 57: 53–72.
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