Phoxomylus
Extinct genus of mammals
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Phoxomylus is an extinct genus of palaechthonid plesiadapiform which existed in Alberta, Canada, during the late Paleocene (earliest Tiffanian age).[1] It was first named by Richard C. Fox in 2011 and the type species is Phoxomylus puncticuspis.[1] The holotype exposed in Paskapoo Formation by Gordon P. Youzwyshyn on 10 July 1988.[1]
| Phoxomylus Temporal range: Late Paleocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | †Palaechthonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Plesiolestinae |
| Genus: | †Phoxomylus Fox, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| †P. puncticuspis Fox, 2011 | |
