Beornus

Beornus; Temporal range: Danian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Family:	† Periptychidae
Genus:	† Beornus
Species:	†B. honeyi
Binomial name
	†Beornus honeyi; Atteberry & Eberle, 2021

Last updated August 15, 2025

Beornus is an extinct genus of periptychid that lived in North America during the Danian stage of the Palaeocene epoch.

Distribution

Beornus honeyi is known from Puercan layers of the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.^[1]

References

↑ Atteberry, Madelaine R.; Eberle, Jaelyn J. (18 April 2021). "New earliest Paleocene (Puercan) periptychid 'condylarths' from the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming, USA" . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 19 (8): 565–593. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1924301. ISSN 1477-2019 . Retrieved 24 June 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Atteberry, Madelaine R.; Eberle, Jaelyn J. (18 April 2021). "New earliest Paleocene (Puercan) periptychid 'condylarths' from the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming, USA" . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 19 (8): 565–593. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1924301. ISSN 1477-2019 . Retrieved 24 June 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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