Coriphagus montanus Douglass 1908 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae

Full reference: E. Douglass. 1908. Vertebrate fossils from the Fort Union beds. Annals of Carnegie Museum 5(2):11-26

Belongs to Coriphagus according to E. Douglass 1908

Sister taxon: Coriphagus encinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Silberling Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the "Fort Union" (= Lebo) Formation of Montana

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (4: Montana, Wyoming collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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