Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Full reference: L. Van Valen. 1966. Deltatheridia, a new order of Mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132(1):1-126
Parent taxon: Cimolestidae according to A. V. Lopatin 2006
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Van Valen 1966 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Aboletylestes, Acmeodon, Alveugena, Ambilestes, Bagalestes, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Cimolestes, Gelastops, Ilerdoryctes, Maelestes, Naranius, Paleotomus, Procerberus, Puercolestes, Scollardius, Suratilestes, Telacodon
Subtaxa: Avunculus didelphodonti
Type: Avunculus didelphodonti
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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