Mammalia - Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae
Alternative combination: Catopsalis joyneri
Full reference: R. E. Sloan and L. Van Valen. 1965. Cretaceous mammals from Montana. Science 148(3667):220-227
Belongs to Valenopsalis according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2016
See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska and Sloan 1979 and Sloan and Van Valen 1965
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: U.M.V.P. 1494, a maxilla (right maxilla with complete palate, M1, roots of P4, and alveoli of P3 and M2). Its type locality is Bug Creek Anthills, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (6: Montana, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Montana)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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