Niptomomys Explained

Niptomomys is an extinct genus of plesiadapiform that lived in North America during the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs.

Description

Niptomomys cf. Niptomomys doreenae had large petrosal lobules.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . . en . 175 . 103303 . 10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103303 . 15 November 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.