Amelotabes simpsoni Rose 1978 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: K. D. Rose. 1978. A new Paleocene epoicotheriid (Mammalia), with comments on the Palaeanodonta. Journal of Paleontology 52(3):658-674

Belongs to Amelotabes according to K. D. Rose 1978

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PU 14855, a mandible (right dentary with p2-3, m1-2, and alveoli). Its type locality is South of Croc Tooth Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at South of Croc Tooth Quarry

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