†Ectoconodon montanensis Simpson 1927 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1927. Mammalian Fauna of the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. American Museum Novitates 267:1-8
Belongs to Ectoconodon according to G. G. Simpson 1927
See also Clemens 1966 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: Didelphodon coyi, Didelphodon padanicus, Didelphodon vorax, Stagodon tumidus
Type specimen: AMNH 14406, a tooth (isolated left upper molar). Its type locality is Crooked Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
Ecology: aquatic durophage
Distribution: found only at Crooked Creek
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