Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pantolestidae
Parent taxon: Pantolestidae according to P. D. Gingerich 1980
See also Alroy 2002, Hay 1902, Lopatin 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rose et al. 2012 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Aatotomus, Androconus, Bessoecetor, Bogdia, Buxolestes, Dyspterninae, Leptonysson, Pagonomus, Pantolestes, Pantolestinae, Pantomimus, Premontrelestes, Propalaeosinopa, Thelysia
Subtaxa: Palaeosinopa aestuarium Palaeosinopa didelphoides Palaeosinopa dorri Palaeosinopa incerta Palaeosinopa lacus Palaeosinopa lutreola Palaeosinopa nunavutensis Palaeosinopa reclusum Palaeosinopa russelli Palaeosinopa veterrima
Type: Palaeosinopa veterrima
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), France (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (90: Colorado, Mississippi, North Dakota, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (20: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 116 collections including 128 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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