Chacomylus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Chacomylus

| fossil_range = Early Paleocene

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = Mammalia

| ordo = Perissodactyla

| familia = Hyopsodontidae

| genus = Chacomylus

| genus_authority = Williamson & Weil, 2011

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • C. sladei Williamson & Weil, 2011 (type)

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Chacomylus is an extinct genus of odd-toed ungulate condylarth which existed in the Nacimiento Formation, United States during the early Paleocene period (Puercan age). It was first named by Thomas E. Williamson and Anne Weil in 2011 and the type species is Chacomylus sladei.{{cite journal |author=Thomas E. Williamson and Anne Weil |year=2011 |title=A new early Paleocene (Puercan) hyopsodontid "condylarth" from New Mexico |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=247–255 |doi=10.4202/app.2009.0147 |s2cid=54639945 |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app56/app20090147.pdf |doi-access=free }}

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