Centetodon bacchanalis McGrew et al. 1959 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Geolabididae

Alternative combination: Diacodon bacchanalis

Full reference: P. O. McGrew, J. E. Berman, M. K. Hecht, J. M. Hummel, G. G. Simpson and A. E. Wood. 1959. The geology and paleontology of the Elk Mountain and Tabernacle Butte area, Wyoming. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 117(3):117-176

Belongs to Centetodon according to J. A. Lillegraven et al. 1981

See also Gazin 1976, McGrew et al. 1959 and McKenna et al. 1962

Sister taxa: Centetodon altidens, Centetodon aztecus, Centetodon bembicophagus, Centetodon chadronensis, Centetodon divaricatus, Centetodon hendryi, Centetodon kuenzii, Centetodon magnus, Centetodon marginalis, Centetodon neashami, Centetodon patratus, Centetodon pulcher, Centetodon wolffi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hyopsodus Hill, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hyopsodus Hill

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