Ectoconus
Ectoconus (Greek: "outside" (ektos), "cone" (konos)) is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivorous mammal of the family Periptychidae, endemic to North America during the Early Paleocene subepochs (66—63.3 mya) existing for approximately 2.7 million years.
| Ectoconus Temporal range: early Paleocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Periptychidae |
| Subfamily: | †Periptychinae |
| Genus: | †Ectoconus Cope, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| †Ectoconus ditrigonus | |
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