Copecion Temporal range:
Wasatchian
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | † Phenacodontidae |
Genus: | †
Copecion Gingerich, 1989 |
Species [1] | |
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Copecion was a genus of early herbivorous mammals that was part of the family Phenacodontidae. [2] It reached 6 to 12 kg and was similar in size and morphology to Ectocion. Both these herbivorous ungulates likely occupied similar ecological niches. [3]