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| Heleocola Temporal range: Late Cretaceous 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 |
| Order: | †Pediomyoidea |
| Family: | †Glasbiidae |
| Genus: | †Heleocola |
| Species: | †H. piceanus |
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| †Heleocola piceanus Eberle et. al., 2024 | |
Heleocola is an extinct genus of pediomyoid metatherian from the Late Cretaceous of Colorado. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species H. piceanus.
Palaeoecology
Based on its molar morphology, in particular the low height differential between the trigonid and talonid and the low inflated cusps, H. piceanus was an omnivore whose diet was predominantly plant-based.
References
- Eberle, Jaelyn; Cohen, Joshua; Foster, John; Hunt-Foster, ReBecca; Heckert, Andrew (23 October 2024). Fiorillo, Anthony R (ed.). "A new Late Cretaceous metatherian from the Williams Fork Formation, Colorado". PLOS ONE. 19 (10): e0310948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310948. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11498682. PMID 39441759. Retrieved 14 December 2024 – via PLOS ONE.
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