Bisonalveus Gazin 1956 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57

Parent taxon: Pentacodontidae according to L. Van Valen 1967

See also Gazin 1956 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Amaramnis, Aphronorus, Coriphagus, Eurolestes, Protentomodon

Subtaxa: Bisonalveus browni Bisonalveus holtzmani

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Type: Bisonalveus browni

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (7: Alberta collections), United States (7: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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