Ectypodus aphronorus Sloan 1987 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

Full reference: R. E. Sloan. 1987. Paleocene and latest Cretaceous mammal ages, biozones, magnetozones, rates of sedimentation, and evolution. Geological Society of America Special Paper 209:165-200

Belongs to Ectypodus according to R. E. Sloan 1987

Sister taxa: Ectypodus arctos, Ectypodus childei, Ectypodus laytoni, Ectypodus lovei, Ectypodus musculus, Ectypodus powelli, Ectypodus riansensis, Ectypodus simpsoni, Ectypodus szalayi, Ectypodus tardus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gidley Quarry, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (3: Montana, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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