Elpidophorus Simpson 1927 (colugo)

Mammalia - Dermoptera

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1927. Mammalian fauna and correlation of the Paskapoo Formation of Alberta. American Museum Novitates 268:1-10

Parent taxon: Dermoptera according to G. F. Gunnell 1989

See also Hay 1930, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rose 1975, Scott et al. 2013, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1936 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Dermotherium, Eudermoptera, Galeopithecoidea, Plagiomene, Planetetherium, Worlandia

Subtaxa: Elpidophorus elegans Elpidophorus minor

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Type: Elpidophorus elegans

Ecology: arboreal folivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (14: Alberta collections), United States (9: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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