Niptomomys is an extinct genus of plesiadapiform that lived in North America during the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Plesiadapiformes |
| Genus: | †Niptomomys McKenna, 1960 |
Description
editNiptomomys cf. Niptomomys doreenae had large petrosal lobules.[1]
References
edit- ^ White, Chelsea L.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; Morse, Paul E.; Silcox, Mary T. (February 2023). "Virtual endocast of late Paleocene Niptomomys (Microsyopidae, Euarchonta) and early primate brain evolution". Journal of Human Evolution. 175: 103303. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103303. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.