Alopocosmodon hadrus Scott et al. 2013 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae

Full reference: C. S. Scott, D. N. Spivak, and A. R. Sweet. 2013. First mammals from the Paleocene Porcupine Hills Formation of southwestern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50:355-378

Belongs to Alopocosmodon according to C. S. Scott et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMP 2011.090.0236, a tooth (RM1). Its type locality is Narcissus (TMP locality L2395), which is in a Torrejonian channel lag sandstone/claystone in the Porcupine Hills Formation of Canada.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Narcissus (TMP locality L2395)

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