Catopsalis alexanderi Middleton 1982 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae

Full reference: M. D. Middleton. 1982. A new species and additional material of Catopsalis (Mammalia, Multituberculata) from the Western Interior of North America. Journal of Paleontology 56(5):1197-1206

Belongs to Catopsalis according to M. D. Middleton 1982

See also Eberle 2003

Sister taxa: Catopsalis calgariensis, Catopsalis fissidens, Catopsalis foliatus, Catopsalis kakwa, Catopsalis waddleae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Alexander, which is in a Puercan terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Denver Formation of Colorado

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (7: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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