Ectocentrocristus Rigby, Jr. and Wolberg 1987 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia

Full reference: J. K. Rigby, Jr. and D. L. Wolberg. 1987. The therian mammalian fauna (Campanian) of Quarry 1, Fossil Forest study area, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Geological Society of America Special Paper 209:51-79

Parent taxon: Hatcheriformes according to L. M. Carneiro and E. V. Oliveira 2017

See also Beck et al. 2008, Case et al. 2004, Goin et al. 2006, Rigby and Wolberg 1987 and Williamson et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Hatcheritherium, Zeusdelphys

Subtaxa: Ectocentrocristus foxi

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Type: Ectocentrocristus foxi

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Montana, New Mexico collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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