Oxyacodon (original) (raw)
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Extinct genus of mammals
| _Oxyacodon_Temporal range: 66–63 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Paleocene | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Periptychidae |
| Subfamily: | †Conacodontinae |
| Genus: | †OxyacodonOsborn and Earle, 1895 |
| Species | |
| O. agapetillus(Cope, 1884) O. apiculatus (type)Osborn and Earle, 1895 _O. ferronensis_Archibald et al., 1983 O. marshaterVan 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 66 to 63.3 mya, existing for approximately 2.7 million years.[1]
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.
- 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.