Phoxomylus
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Phoxomylus is an extinct genus
of palaechthonid plesiadapiform
which existed in Alberta
, Canada
, during the late Paleocene
(earliest Tiffanian
age). It was first named by Richard C. Fox in 2011
and the type species is Phoxomylus puncticuspis. The holotype exposed in Paskapoo Formation
by Gordon P. Youzwyshyn on 10 July, 1988.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of palaechthonid plesiadapiform
Plesiadapiformes
Plesiadapiformes is an extinct order of mammals. It is either closely related to the primates or a precursor to them. Many are too derived to be ancestral to primates, but the earliest Plesiadapiformes have teeth that are strongly indicative of a common ancestor...
which existed in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, during the late Paleocene
Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "early recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era...
(earliest Tiffanian
Tiffanian
The Tiffanian North American Stage on the geologic timescale is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology , typically set from 60,200,000 to 56,800,000 years BP lasting . It is usually considered to overlap the Selandian and Thanetian within the...
age). It was first named by Richard C. Fox in 2011
2011 in paleontology
-Lobopods:-Arachnids:-Insects:-Newly named jawless vertebrates:-Newly named acanthodian:-Newly named cartilaginous fishes:-Newly named bony fishes:-Newly named lepospondyls:-Newly named temnospondyls:-Newly named lissamphibians:...
and the type species is Phoxomylus puncticuspis. The holotype exposed in Paskapoo Formation
Paskapoo Formation
The Paskapoo Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Paleocene age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.It takes the name from the Blindman River , and was first described in outcrops along the river, north of Red Deer by J. B...
by Gordon P. Youzwyshyn on 10 July, 1988.