Chacomylus

Chacomylus
Temporal range: Early Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Hyopsodontidae
Genus: Chacomylus
Williamson & Weil, 2011
Species
  • C. sladei Williamson & Weil, 2011 (type)

Chacomylus is an extinct genus of odd-toed ungulate condylarth which existed in the Nacimiento Formation, USA during the early Paleocene period (Puercan age). It was first named by Thomas E. Williamson and Anne Weil in 2011 and the type species is Chacomylus sladei.[1]

References

  1. Thomas E. Williamson and Anne Weil (2011). "A new early Paleocene (Puercan) hyopsodontid "condylarth" from New Mexico" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (2): 247–255. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0147.
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