†suborder Palaeanodonta Matthew 1918 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Parent taxon: Pholidotamorpha according to P. Kondrashov and A. K. Agadjanian 2012

See also Carroll 1988, Gheerbrant et al. 2005, Rose 1978, Rose et al. 2012 and Secord et al. 2002

Sister taxon: Pholidota

Subtaxa: Amelotabes Arcticanodon Epoicotheriidae Ernanodon Escavadodontidae Melaniella Metacheiromyidae

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan collections), China (1), France (1), United States (118: California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), China (3), Mongolia (2), United States (11: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 139 collections including 158 occurrences

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