Niptomomys

Niptomomys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Plesiadapiformes
Genus: †Niptomomys
McKenna, 1960

Niptomomys is an extinct genus of plesiadapiform that lived in North America during the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs.

Description

Niptomomys cf. Niptomomys doreenae had large petrosal lobules.[1]

References

  1. ^ White, Chelsea L.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; Morse, Paul E.; Silcox, Mary T. (February 2023). "Virtual endocast of late Paleocene Niptomomys (Microsyopidae, Euarchonta) and early primate brain evolution". Journal of Human Evolution. 175 103303. Bibcode:2023JHumE.17503303W. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103303. PMID 36608392.
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