Niptomomys
Extinct genus of mammals
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Niptomomys is an extinct genus of plesiadapiform that lived in North America during the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs.
| Niptomomys Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Plesiadapiformes |
| Genus: | †Niptomomys McKenna, 1960 |
Description
Niptomomys cf. Niptomomys doreenae had large petrosal lobules.[1]