Phoxomylus Temporal range: Late Paleocene
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Family: | ?Palaechthonidae
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Subfamily: | ?Plesiolestinae
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Genus: | Phoxomylus Fox, 2011
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Phoxomylus is an extinct genus of palaechthonid plesiadapiform which existed in Alberta, Canada, during the late Paleocene (earliest Tiffanian age).[1] It was first named by Richard C. Fox in 2011 and the type species is Phoxomylus puncticuspis.[1] The holotype exposed in Paskapoo Formation by Gordon P. Youzwyshyn on 10 July 1988.[1]