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Periptychus | |
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Skeletal reconstruction of P. carinidens | |
Life reconstruction of Periptychus carinidens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | †Periptychidae |
Subfamily: | †Periptychinae |
Genus: | †Periptychus Cope, 1881 |
Type species | |
†Periptychus carinidens Cope, 1881
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Species | |
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Periptychus is an extinct genus of mammal belonging to the family Periptychidae. It lived from the Early to Late Paleocene and its fossil remains have been found in North America.