Pantolestes Cope 1872 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae

Synonyms: Anisacodon Marsh 1872, Passalacodon Marsh 1872

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Second account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-3

Parent taxon: Pantolestidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Alroy 2002, Dorr 1977, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Lopatin 2006, Marsh 1872, Matthew 1909, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Aatotomus, Androconus, Bessoecetor, Bogdia, Buxolestes, Dyspterninae, Leptonysson, Pagonomus, Palaeosinopa, Pantolestinae, Pantomimus, Pentacodon, Premontrelestes, Propalaeosinopa, Thelysia

Subtaxa: Pantolestes elegans Pantolestes intermedius Pantolestes longicaudus Pantolestes natans Pantolestes phocipes Pantolestes sabatieri

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Type: Pantolestes longieundus

Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection), United States (9: Arkansas, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences

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