Phoxomylus
| Phoxomylus Temporal range: 60.2 Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Plesiadapiformes |
| Family: | ?Palaechthonidae |
| Subfamily: | ?Plesiolestinae |
| Genus: | Phoxomylus Fox, 2011 |
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Phoxomylus is an extinct genus of palaechthonid plesiadapiform which existed in Alberta, Canada, during the late Paleocene (earliest Tiffanian age).[1] It was first named by Richard C. Fox in 2011 and the type species is Phoxomylus puncticuspis.[1] The holotype exposed in Paskapoo Formation by Gordon P. Youzwyshyn on 10 July, 1988.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Richard C. Fox (2011). "An unusual early primate from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation, Alberta, Canada" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (1): 1–10. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0079.
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