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Militocodon

Militocodon is an extinct genus of periptychid that lived in Colorado during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species M. lydae.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Family: Periptychidae
Genus: Militocodon
Species:
M. lydae
Binomial name
Militocodon lydae
Weaver et. al., 2024

Militocodon is an extinct genus of periptychid that lived in Colorado during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species M. lydae.1

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  1. Weaver, Lucas N.; Crowell, Jordan W.; Chester, Stephen G. B.; Lyson, Tyler R. (30 April 2024). "Skull of a new periptychid mammal from the lower Paleocene Denver Formation of Colorado (Corral Bluffs, El Paso County)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31 (2). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09716-5. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 14 December 2024 – via Springer Nature Link.