Beornus
Extinct genus of mammals
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Beornus is an extinct genus of periptychid that lived in North America during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Periptychidae |
| Genus: | †Beornus |
| Species: | †B. honeyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Beornus honeyi Atteberry & Eberle, 2021 | |
Distribution
Beornus honeyi is known from Puercan layers of the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.[1]