Thylacaelurus Russell 1954 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Plagiomenidae

Full reference: L. S. Russell. 1954. Mammalian fauna of the Kishenehn Formation, southeastern British Columbia. Canada National Museum Bulletin 132:92-111

Parent taxon: Thylacaelurinae according to L. Van Valen 1967

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Russell 1954

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Thylacaelurus campester Thylacaelurus montanus

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Type: Thylacaelurus montanus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (4: British Columbia, Saskatchewan collections), United States (4: Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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