Mixodectes Cope 1883 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Mixodectidae

Synonyms: Indrodon Cope 1884, Olbodotes Osborn 1902

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1883. First addition to the fauna of the Puerco Epoch. Paleontological Bulletin 36:545-563

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

See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1884, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Matthew 1937, McKenna and Bell 1997, Osborn 1902, Rigby 1980, Szalay 1969 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Dracontolestes, Eudaemonema, Prosinopa

Subtaxa: Mixodectes malaris Mixodectes pungens

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (15: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences

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