Niptomomys
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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Palaeocene|Eocene}}
| taxon = Niptomomys
| authority = McKenna, 1960
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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.{{Cite journal |last=White |first=Chelsea L. |last2=Bloch |first2=Jonathan I. |last3=Morse |first3=Paul E. |last4=Silcox |first4=Mary T. |date=February 2023 |title=Virtual endocast of late Paleocene Niptomomys (Microsyopidae, Euarchonta) and early primate brain evolution |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248422001634 |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |language=en |volume=175 |pages=103303 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103303 |access-date=15 November 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct}}
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Category:Paleocene mammals of North America