The osteology of Periptychus carinidens: A robust, ungulate-like placental mammal (Mammalia: Periptychidae) from the Paleocene of North America

Sarah L. Shelley; Thomas E. Williamson; Stephen L. Brusatte

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200132

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The osteology of Periptychus carinidens: A robust, ungulate-like placental mammal (Mammalia: Periptychidae) from the Paleocene of North America

Sarah L. Shelley ,

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: shelleyS@carnegiemnh.org

Current address: Edward O'Neil Research Center, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Affiliation School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6628-0226

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Thomas E. Williamson,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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Stephen L. Brusatte

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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The osteology of Periptychus carinidens: A robust, ungulate-like placental mammal (Mammalia: Periptychidae) from the Paleocene of North America

Sarah L. Shelley,
Thomas E. Williamson,
Stephen L. Brusatte

Published: July 18, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200132

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re: Periptychus

Posted by DavidPeters1247 on 21 Jul 2018 at 18:29 GMT

I added Periptychus to a growing online cladogram known as the large reptile tree (1253 taxa at present) and found it nested between basal phenacodonts like Phenacodus, Thomashuxleya and Pleuraspidotherium, and derived phenacodonts, like Gobiatherium + Arsinoitherium and Coryphodon + Uintatherium.

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The osteology of Periptychus carinidens: A robust, ungulate-like placental mammal (Mammalia: Periptychidae) from the Paleocene of North America

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