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Heleocola; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Pediomyoidea
Family:	†Glasbiidae
Genus:	†Heleocola
Species:	†H. piceanus
Binomial name
	†Heleocola piceanus; Eberle et. al., 2024

Heleocola is an extinct genus of pediomyoid metatherian from the Late Cretaceous of Colorado, United States. It is a monotypic genus that contains the species H. piceanus.

Palaeoecology

Based on its molar morphology, in particular the low height differential between the trigonid and talonid and the low inflated cusps, H. piceanus was an omnivore whose diet was predominantly plant-based.^[1]

References

^ Eberle, Jaelyn; Cohen, Joshua; Foster, John; Hunt-Foster, ReBecca; Heckert, Andrew (23 October 2024). Fiorillo, Anthony R (ed.). "A new Late Cretaceous metatherian from the Williams Fork Formation, Colorado". PLOS ONE. 19 (10): e0310948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310948. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11498682. PMID 39441759.

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[1] Eberle, Jaelyn; Cohen, Joshua; Foster, John; Hunt-Foster, ReBecca; Heckert, Andrew (23 October 2024). Fiorillo, Anthony R (ed.). "A new Late Cretaceous metatherian from the Williams Fork Formation, Colorado". PLOS ONE. 19 (10): e0310948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310948. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11498682. PMID 39441759.

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