Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae
Full reference: P. D. Gingerich. 1983. New Adapisoricidae, Pentacodontidae, and Hyopsodontidae (Mammalia, Insectivora and Condylarthra) from the late Paleocene ofWyoming and Colorado. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(11):227-255
Belongs to Bisonalveus according to P. D. Gingerich 1983
Sister taxon: Bisonalveus browni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cedar Point Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: North Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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