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Mimoperadectes fossil map

Where fossils of Mimoperadectes have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 56 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 56 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Mimoperadectes
Image: Horovitz I, Martin T, Bloch J, Ladevèze S, Kurz C, et al., CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived57.5–48.07 million years ago (Thanetian to Ypresian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyPeradectidae
Named byBown and Rose 1979
Fossil records50 occurrences at 13 locations (PBDB)
Found inUnited States
Rock formationsWillwood, DeBeque, txn:96592, Tuscahoma, "Wasatch", Wasatch

About Mimoperadectes

Mimoperadectes is an extinct genus of metatherian mammal from the Eocene of North America.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mimoperadectes (revision 1368546340), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q9033238.

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