Protungulatum

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Protungulatum
Fossil range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Condylarthra
Family: Arctocyonidae
Genus: Protungulatum
Sloan and Van Valen, 1965
Species
  • P. donnae (type species) Sloan and Van Valen, 1965
  • P. gorgun Van Valen, 1978
  • P. sloani Van Valen, 1978

Protungulatum ('first ungulate') is an extinct genus of mammal first found in Montana. It is the earliest known condylarth, and is believed to be the first herbivorous placental mammal.

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