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Stylolophus fossil map

Where fossils of Stylolophus 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 →

Stylolophus
Image: Antonio Rares Mihaila, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived56–48.07 million years ago (Ypresian)
PeriodsPaleogene
Named byGheerbrant et al. 2018
Fossil records8 occurrences at 3 locations (PBDB)
Found inMorocco
Rock formationstxn:NF, Couche I

About Stylolophus

Stylolophus is a genus of basal embrithopod from Eocene Africa. There is one described species, S. minor, and one indeterminate specimen.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Stylolophus (revision 1368547781), 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: Q56233077.

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