Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Full reference: C. S. Scott and D. W. Krause. 2006. Multituberculates (Mammalia, Allotheria) from the earliest Tiffanian (late Paleocene) Douglass Quarry, eastern Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(10):211-243
Belongs to Neoplagiaulax according to C. S. Scott and D. W. Krause 2006
Sister taxa: Neoplagiaulax burgessi, Neoplagiaulax grangeri, Neoplagiaulax hazeni, Neoplagiaulax hunteri, Neoplagiaulax jepi, Neoplagiaulax kremnus, Neoplagiaulax macintyrei, Neoplagiaulax macrotomeus, Neoplagiaulax mckennai, Neoplagiaulax nanophus, Neoplagiaulax nelsoni, Neoplagiaulax paskapooensis, Neoplagiaulax serrator
Type specimen: UM 84178, a mandible (left dentary with p4, m1-2). Its type locality is Douglass Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Montana.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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