Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch followed the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off non-avian ...

making them fairly close relatives of humans.” Mixodectes was considered a large tree-dwelling mammal in North America during ...

This implies that Mixodectes pungens represents a relatively close evolutionary cousin to humans. The skeleton ... unique ecological niche in the early Paleocene. Its larger body size and leaf ...