Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae
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 Aphronorus according to C. S. Scott et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aphronorus fraudator, Aphronorus orieli, Aphronorus ratatoski, Aphronorus simpsoni
Type specimen: TMP 2011.090.0004, a tooth (LP4). 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: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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