Periptychus
Sign in to savePeriptychus is an extinct genus of mammal belonging to the family Periptychidae. It lived from the Early to Late Paleocene and its fossil remains have been found in North America.
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Periptychus is an extinct genus of mammal belonging to the family Periptychidae. It lived from the Early to Late Paleocene and its fossil remains have been found in North America.
== Description == This animal was of medium size and could exceed one meter in overall length; Periptychus is supposed to have weighed about 23 kilograms. Periptychus was an unusual mammal that combined a number of rather specialized dental, cranial, and postcranial features with a relatively generalized skeletal structure.
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