Palaeosinopa lacus Gunnell et al. 2016 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae

Full reference: G. F. Gunnell, J.-P. Zonneveld, and W. S. Bartels. 2016. Stratigraphy, mammalian paleontology, paleoecology, and age correlation of the Wasatch Formation, Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming . Journal of Paleontology 90(5):981-1011

Belongs to Palaeosinopa according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Palaeosinopa aestuarium, Palaeosinopa didelphoides, Palaeosinopa dorri, Palaeosinopa incerta, Palaeosinopa lutreola, Palaeosinopa nunavutensis, Palaeosinopa reclusum, Palaeosinopa russelli, Palaeosinopa veterrima

Type specimen: FOBU 6205, a mandible (left dentary with p2-m1). Its type locality is UM FB-5, which is in a Wasatchian fluvial mudstone in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage

Distribution: found only at UM FB-5

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