Titanoides looki Patterson 1939 (pantodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Titanoideidae

Alternative combination: Sparactolambda looki

Full reference: B. Patterson. 1939. New Pantodonta and Dinocerata from the upper Paleocene of Western Colorado. Field Mueum of Natural History Geological Series 6(24):351-384

Belongs to Titanoides according to P. D. Gingerich 1996

See also Gingerich and Childress 1983 and Simons 1960

Sister taxa: Titanoides gidleyi, Titanoides major, Titanoides nanus, Titanoides primaevus

Type specimen: FMNH P15520, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Sparactolambda Quarry, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the DeBeque Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Clarkforkian of United States (2: Colorado collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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