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| Militocodon Temporal range: Danian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Periptychidae |
| Genus: | †Militocodon |
| Species: | †M. lydae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Militocodon lydae Weaver et. al., 2024 | |
Militocodon is an extinct genus of periptychid that lived in Colorado during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species M. lydae.
References
- Weaver, Lucas N.; Crowell, Jordan W.; Chester, Stephen G. B.; Lyson, Tyler R. (30 April 2024). "Skull of a new periptychid mammal from the lower Paleocene Denver Formation of Colorado (Corral Bluffs, El Paso County)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31 (2). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09716-5. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 14 December 2024 – via Springer Nature Link.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Militocodon | |
| Militocodon lydae | |